The Lady of the Camellias (1934 film)
Appearance
The Lady of the Camellias | |
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Directed by | Fernand Rivers Abel Gance |
Written by | Abel Gance |
Based on | The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils |
Produced by | Abel Gance |
Starring | Yvonne Printemps Pierre Fresnay Jane Marken |
Cinematography | Roger Hubert Harry Stradling Sr. |
Edited by | André Versein |
Music by | Fernand Masson |
Production companies | Les Films Fernand Rivers Productions Maurice Lehmann |
Distributed by | Les Distributeurs Français |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Lady of the Camellias (French: La dame aux camélias) is a 1934 French historical romantic drama film directed by Fernand Rivers and Abel Gance and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Jane Marken.[1] It is based on the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.
Cast
[edit]- Yvonne Printemps as Marguerite Gautier
- Pierre Fresnay as Armand Duval
- Jane Marken as Prudence
- Lugné-Poe as M. Duval
- Roland Armontel as Gaston
- André Dubosc as Le duc
- Armand Lurville as Saint-Gaudens
- Irma Génin as Nichette
- Andrée Lafayette as Olympe
- Renée Sénac as Nanine
- Eddy Debray as Varville
- Pierre Morin as Le docteur
- Rivers Cadet as Le marchand d'oublies
- Janine Berry as La patronne
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.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1934 films
- French drama films
- 1934 drama films
- 1930s French-language films
- Films directed by Abel Gance
- French black-and-white films
- 1930s French films
- Films based on French novels
- 1930s historical films
- French historical films
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films directed by Fernand Rivers
- Films set in Paris
- 1930s French film stubs