The Call of Silence
The Call of Silence | |
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Directed by | Léon Poirier |
Written by | Léon Poirier |
Produced by | Léon Poirier |
Starring | Jean Yonnel Jacqueline Francell |
Cinematography | Goudard Georges Georges Million |
Music by | Claude Delvincourt |
Production company | Societé Artistique Commerciale et Industrielle |
Distributed by | Compagnie Industrielle Cinématographique |
Release date | 1 May 1936 |
Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Call of Silence, also screened as The Call (French: L'Appel du Silence), is a 1936 French drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jean Yonnel, and Jacqueline Francell. It is a biography based on the life of the Catholic missionary Charles de Foucauld.[1]
Plot[]
Charles de Foucauld travels the Sahara as a missionary. He is killed by local bandits.
Cast[]
- Jean Yonnel as Charles de Foucauld
- as Général Laperrine
- Jacqueline Francell as Mademoiselle X
- Alice Tissot as La femme du notaire
- Suzanne Bianchetti as La femme du monde
- Pierre Juvenet as Le colonel
- Thomy Bourdelle as Un général
- André Nox
- Pierre Nay as Le marquis de Morès
- Fred Pasquali
- Alexandre Mihalesco
- Fernand Francell
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent
- Maurice Schutz
- Victor Vina
- Maurice de Canonge
- as Lieutenant de Guissart
- as Pianist
References[]
- ^ "APPEL DU SILENCE (L')". unifrance.org. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
Bibliography[]
- Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- French films
- French biographical drama films
- French historical drama films
- 1936 films
- Films directed by Léon Poirier
- 1930s biographical drama films
- 1930s historical drama films
- Films set in Algeria
- Films set in deserts
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films set in the 1910s
- French black-and-white films
- 1936 drama films
- 1930s French film stubs