The Little King (film)
The Little King | |
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Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
Written by | André Lichtenberger (novel) Julien Duvivier |
Produced by | Charles Delac Marcel Vandal |
Starring | Robert Lynen Arlette Marchal |
Cinematography | Joseph Barth Armand Thirard |
Edited by | |
Music by | Tibor Harsanyi |
Production companies | Pathé Consortium Cinéma Société Générale de Cinématographie |
Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date | 21 November 1933 |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Little King (French: Le petit roi) is a 1933 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Robert Lynen, Arlette Marchal and .[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris with location filming in various places including the resort town of Saint-Tropez.
It was made as a follow-up to Duvivier's 1932 hit The Red Head, which also starred Robert Lynen in the title role.
Synopsis[]
A boy inherits the throne of a fictional European country. The young Michel VIII is surrounded by untrustworthy advisors and threatened by revolutionaries. He goes to the French Riviera to recover his health, but then returns to his homeland.
Cast[]
- Robert Lynen as Michel VIII
- Arlette Marchal as La comtesse Slasko
- as Barbara
- Jean Toulout as Le comte Marski
- Marcel Vallée as Storeck
- as Le chambellan
- as Pierre Zoltyk
- Paule Andral as La régente
- as Le professeur Bonnard
- Camille Bert as Le professeur d'histoire
- Robert Le Vigan as Le fou
- Charles Camus as Le docteur Jacklow
- as Madame de Stenne
- Marcel Carpentier as Le régent Paul
- Louis Vasseur as Le colonel Kremof
- Maurice Schutz as Métropolitain
- as Lillie
References[]
- ^ McCann p.68
Bibliography[]
- McCann, Ben. Julien Duvivier. Oxford University Press, 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1933 films
- French films
- French drama films
- 1933 drama films
- 1930s French-language films
- Films directed by Julien Duvivier
- Films set in Europe
- Pathé films
- Films shot at Joinville Studios
- French black-and-white films
- 1930s French film stubs