Crainquebille (1934 film)
Appearance
Crainquebille | |
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Directed by | Jacques de Baroncelli |
Written by | Jacques de Baroncelli |
Based on | L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France |
Produced by | Aimé Frapin |
Starring | Félicien Tramel Rachel Devirys Jeanne Fusier-Gir |
Cinematography | Jean Bachelet |
Edited by | Roger Leenhardt Paula Neurisse |
Music by | Roland Manuel |
Production company | Les Films Artistiques Français |
Distributed by | Societe d'Edition et de Location de Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Crainquebille is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Félicien Tramel, Rachel Devirys and Jeanne Fusier-Gir.[1] It is based on the 1901 story L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film Crainquebille directed by Jacques Feyder.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.
Synopsis
[edit]A Paris costermonger is sentence to fifteen days in prison for insulting a police officer. On his release he finds himself shunned by his former customers, loses his business and develops suicidal feelings. He is revived by the kindness of a street boy from Montmartre who inspires him to rebuild his life.
Cast
[edit]- Félicien Tramel as Crainquebille
- Rachel Devirys as Madame Laure
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Madame Bayard
- Gaston Modot as L'agent Matra
- Émile Genevois as La Souris
- Bill Bocket as Martin
- René Hiéronimus as Maître Lemerle
- Carjol as Le président Bourriche
- Vincent Hyspa as Le docteur Mathieu
- Marcelle Monthil as Madame Masure
- Paulette Élambert as La petite Masure
- Marthe Mussine as Madame Mailloche
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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Categories:
- 1934 films
- French drama films
- 1934 drama films
- 1930s French-language films
- Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli
- French black-and-white films
- 1930s French films
- Films based on French novels
- Remakes of French films
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- Films set in Paris
- Films scored by Alexis Roland-Manuel
- Films based on works by Anatole France
- 1930s French film stubs