The Call of Silence

The Call of Silence
Directed byLéon Poirier
Written byLéon Poirier
Produced byLéon Poirier
StarringJean Yonnel
Pierre de Guingand
Jacqueline Francell
CinematographyGoudard Georges
[Georges Million]]
Music byClaude Delvincourt
Production
company
Societé Artistique Commerciale et Industrielle
Distributed byCompagnie Industrielle Cinématographique
Release date
  • 1 May 1936 (1936-05-01)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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]

Plot

Charles de Foucauld travels the Sahara as a missionary. He is killed by local bandits.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "APPEL DU SILENCE (L')". unifrance.org. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

Bibliography

  • Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.


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