The Citadel of Silence (French: La citadelle du silence) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne.
Synopsis
In Tsarist Russia before the First World War a young female revolutionary attempts to kill a senior official. It is her lover who is arrested however and to try and rescue him she becomes romantically close to the commander the fortress where he is imprisoned.
Cast
- Annabella as Viana
- Pierre Renoir as Stepan
- Bernard Lancret as César Birsky
- Gilberte Géniat as Catherine
- Pauline Carton as La logeuse
- Pierre Larquey as Bartek
- Paul Amiot as Vladorowsky
- Robert Le Vigan as Granoff
- Roger Blin as Officier
- Pierre Alcover as Le gouverneur de Varsovie
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La fille du majordome
- Alexandre Rignault as Le gardien
- Mady Berry as Patronne de l'hôtel
- Georges Melchior as Nevitzky
- Lucas Gridoux as L'espion
- José Squinquel as Le capitaine
- Claire Gérard as La nounou
- Marguerite Pierry as La logeuse
- Marthe Mellot as Joséphine
- Denise Jovelet as Vania enfant
- Georges Saillard as Un insurgé
- Fabien Loris as Le 836
- Marcel Rouzé as Un officier à la citadelle
- Henri Échourin as Le porteur
- Fernand Bellan
- Henry Darbray
- Guy Decomble
- Georges Lannes as Kerlov
- André Nox
- Philippe Richard
References
- ^ Driskell p.209
Bibliography
- Jonathan Driskell. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.
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