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, Pierre de Guingand and Jacqueline Francell. It is a biography based on the life of the Catholic missionary Charles de Foucauld.[1]
| The Call of Silence | |
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| Directed by | Léon Poirier |
| Written by | Léon Poirier |
| Produced by | Léon Poirier |
| Starring | Jean Yonnel Pierre de Guingand 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 |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
editCharles de Foucauld travels the Sahara as a missionary. He is killed by local bandits.
Cast
edit- Jean Yonnel as Charles de Foucauld
- Pierre de Guingand 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
- Auguste Bovério
- Alexandre Mihalesco
- Fernand Francell
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent
- Georges Cahuzac
- Jean Kolb
- Henri Defreyn
- Maurice Schutz
- Victor Vina
- Émile Saint-Ober
- Maurice de Canonge
- Pierre Darteuil
- Pierre Athon as Lieutenant de Guissart
- René Bergeron
- Jean Buquet
- Mireille Monard as Pianist
- Francia Seguy
References
edit- ^ "APPEL DU SILENCE (L')". unifrance.org. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
Bibliography
edit- Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.
External links
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