The Puritan (French: Le puritain) is a 1938 French crime film directed by Jeff Musso and starring Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Louis Barrault and Viviane Romance.[1]
| The Puritan | |
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| Directed by | Jeff Musso |
| Written by | Liam O'Flaherty (novel) Jeff Musso Jeannine Delpech Louis Postif |
| Produced by | Jeff Musso |
| Starring | Pierre Fresnay Jean-Louis Barrault Viviane Romance |
| Cinematography | Charles Bauer Curt Courant |
| Edited by | Émilienne Nelissen |
| Music by | Jacques Belasco Jeff Musso |
Production company | Derby Films |
| Distributed by | Consortium du Film |
Release date | 13 January 1938 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film's art direction was by Henri Ménessier and Serge Piménoff.
Cast edit
- Pierre Fresnay as Le commissaire Lavan
- Jean-Louis Barrault as Francis Ferriter
- Viviane Romance as Molly
- Louis-Jacques Boucot as Monsieur Kelly
- Mady Berry as Madame Kelly
- Alexandre Rignault as Le docteur O'Leary
- Fréhel
- Ludmilla Pitoëff as La tante de Thérésa
- Alla Donell as Thérésa Burke
- Rosita Montenegro
- Marcel Vallée
- Georges Flamant as Callaghan
- Pedro Elviro as Un agent de la Sûreté
- Charblay
- Jean Tissier
- Léon Bary
- Pierre Labry
- Marcel Delaître as Le prêtre
- Marthe Mellot as Madame Ferriter
- Geneviève Sorya as La gourgandine
- Edmond Van Daële
- Paul Asselin
- Maurice Maillot
References edit
- ^ Krautz p.351
Bibliography edit
- Alfred Krautz. International directory of cinematographers set- and costume designers in film. Saur, 1983.
- Gilligan, Paula (1998). "Banned Text/Censored Images: The Avant-Garde as Resistance in Jeff Musso's Le Puritain". Interfaces. Image-Texte-Langage (14): 231–243. doi:10.3406/inter.1998.1154. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
External links edit
- The Puritan at IMDb
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