The Citadel of Silence

The Citadel of Silence
Directed byMarcel L'Herbier
Written byJean Anouilh
André Cerf
T.H. Robert
J.J. Thoren
Produced byJoseph Lucachevitch
StarringAnnabella
Pierre Renoir
Bernard Lancret
CinematographyLouis Née
Armand Thirard
Edited byRoger Spiri-Mercaton
Music byDarius Milhaud
Production
company
Impérial Film
Distributed bySEDIF
Release date
  • 3 June 1937 (1937-06-03)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Citadel of Silence (French: La citadelle du silence) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne.

Synopsis

In Tsarist Russia before the First World War, a young female revolutionary attempts to kill a senior official. It is her lover who is arrested however and to try and rescue him she becomes romantically close to the commander of the fortress where he is imprisoned.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Driskell p.209

Bibliography

  • Jonathan Driskell. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.


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