The Call of Silence

1936 film

  • 1 May 1936 (1936-05-01)
Running time
109 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

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

  • Jean Yonnel as Charles de Foucauld
  • Pierre de Guingand as Général Laperrine
  • Jacqueline Francell as Mademoiselle X
  • Alice Tissot as La femme du notaire
  • Suzanne Bianchetti as La femme du monde
  • Pierre Juvenet as Le colonel
  • Thomy Bourdelle as Un général
  • André Nox
  • Pierre Nay as Le marquis de Morès
  • Fred Pasquali
  • Auguste Bovério
  • Alexandre Mihalesco
  • Fernand Francell
  • Jeanne Marie-Laurent
  • Georges Cahuzac
  • Jean Kolb
  • Henri Defreyn
  • Maurice Schutz
  • Victor Vina
  • Émile Saint-Ober
  • Maurice de Canonge
  • Pierre Darteuil
  • Pierre Athon as Lieutenant de Guissart
  • René Bergeron
  • Jean Buquet
  • Mireille Monard as Pianist
  • Francia Seguy

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.
  • The Call of Silence at IMDb


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