In the Service of the Tsar
1936 film
- 13 November 1936 (1936-11-13)
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In the Service of the Tsar (French: Au service du tsar) is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Véra Korène and Suzy Prim.[1][2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Kainer and Aimé Bazin.
Synopsis
In the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century, an attractive female revolutionary enlist the unwitting help of an army officer to cross the border. She plans to assassinate a grand duke, but romantic complications fall in the way.
Cast
- Pierre Richard-Willm as Le comte Michel Androvitch Tomsky
- Véra Korène as Anna Raditsch
- Suzy Prim as La comtesse Olga Belsky
- Roger Karl as Le grand-duc Pierre
- Alfred Adam as Ossip
- Pierre Alcover as Le général Platoff
- Marcel André as L'amiral
- Junie Astor as Lucie Leroy
- Léon Bary as L'ami de Tomsky
- Marcel Herrand as Un officier russe au bal
- Sylvain Itkine as Un révolutionnaire
- Odette Talazac as La baronne
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935–1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- 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
- In the Service of the Tsar at IMDb
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Films directed by Pierre Billon
- Venetian Nights (1931)
- Should We Wed Them? (1932)
- The Fakir of the Grand Hotel (1934)
- The House on the Dune (1934)
- Bourrasque (1935)
- Second Bureau (1935)
- In the Service of the Tsar (1936)
- Southern Mail (1937)
- The Silent Battle (1937)
- The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois (1943)
- Vautrin (1943)
- Mademoiselle X (1945)
- The Eternal Husband (1946)
- Ruy Blas (1948)
- Agnes of Nothing (1950)
- Chéri (1950)
- Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
- My Friend Oscar (1951)
- My Seal and Them (1951)
- The Merchant of Venice (1953)
- Storm (1954)
- Suspicion (1956)
- Until the Last One (1957)
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