''Fort Dolorès'' (French: ''Fort-Dolorès'') is a 1939 French

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directed by

René Le Hénaff René Le Hénaff (24 April 1901 – 5 January 2005) was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he collaborated with directors Marcel Carné, René Clair, and Géza von Radványi among others. His three films with Carné in the late ...

and starring

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and

Pierre Larquey Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77. Selected filmography * ''P ...

.Crisp p.378 The film's sets were designed by the

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Aimé Bazin.

Cast

as Don Ramirez de Avila *

as Lola *

as Jefke Vandenbom, le Belge *

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as Pasquale * Paul Asselin as Malcolm Trubbles *

Arthur Devère Arthur Devère (; 24 June 1883 – 23 September 1961) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1956. Selected filmography * ''L'agent Rigolo et son chien policier'' (1913) * ''Flup chasseur'' (1920) * ' ...

as le général *

Philippe Hersent Philippe Hersent (26 July 1912 – 30 December 1982) was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1930 to 1978. Filmography References External links * 1912 births 1982 deaths French male film actors {{France ...

as Marco Lopez * Teddy Michaud as Enrique Benitero * Charles Moulin as Angelo Pastor *

Alexandre Rignault Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985. Biography He was born on February 14, 1901 in Paris 5th, at his parents' home, rue Guy-de-La-Brosse. H ...

as Cesare Rossi *

Maurice Rémy Maurice Rémy (1899–1973) was a French film and stage actor. He appeared in the 1943 antimasonic propaganda film ''Forces occultes'' during the German occupation as well as antisemitic radio programmes.Michalczyk p.117 Fearing repercussions aft ...

as Walter Knoppendorf *

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as Carlos Orgaz *

Georges Tourreil Georges Louis Cottu (known as Georges Tourreil; September 7, 1894 – June 16, 1960) was a French actor. He was buried in the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés cemetery. Filmography Cinema * 1927: ''In Old Stamboul'' by Roger Goupillières – Alcide ...

as Juan, le prêtre *

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as Consuelo * Robert Guilbert as Domingo Lapar * Henry Roger as Martial Vandeuil *

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* Gaby Andreu * Paul Asselin * Robert Bassac * Marfa Dhervilly * Henri Nassiet *

Annie France Annie France (1915–2012) was a French film actress active during the 1930s and 1940s.Goble p.401 Selected filmography * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Fort Dolorès'' (1939) * ''The Duraton Family'' (1939) * '' Bécassine'' ...

* Ariane Anda * Flavia Escola * Géo Lecomte * Monique Montey * Charles Redgie

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, C.G. ''Genre, Myth, and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1939 films French Western (genre) films 1939 Western (genre) films 1930s French-language films Films directed by René Le Hénaff French black-and-white films 1930s French films French-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-France-film-stub