André Cornélis (1918 film)

André Cornélis is a 1918 French silent film directed by Georges Denola and Jean Kemm and starring Romuald Joubé, Pierre Magnier and Henry Krauss.[1] It is based on the 1886 novel André Cornélis by Paul Bourget. Kemm subsequently directed another version also titled André Cornélis in 1927.

André Cornélis
Directed byJean Kemm
Georges Denola
Based onAndré Cornélis
by Paul Bourget
Produced byJacques Haïk
StarringRomuald Joubé
Pierre Magnier
Henry Krauss
CinematographyRené Gaveau
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Distributed byPathé Frères
Release date
  • September 6, 1918 (1918-09-06)
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

Plot

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Mr. Cornélis dies mysteriously after discovering that one of his friends, Mr. Termonde (Pierre Magnier) was in love with his wife. The victim's son, André Cornélis (Romuald Joubé) suffers from his mother's remarriage to Mr. Dendermonde when he is still young. To find inner peace, André begins to investigate the death of his father and ends up killing his mother's second husband.

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.49

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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