Heroes of the Marne
1938 film
- 30 October 1938 (1938-10-30)
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Heroes of the Marne (French: Le héros de la Marne) is a 1938 French war drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Raimu, Albert Bassermann and Germaine Dermoz.[1] [2] [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne.
Synopsis
Bernard Lefrançois is a farmer whose land is close to the River Marne. His son Jean enlists as an aviator with the French Army. On leave he meets up with Hélène, a daughter of another local farmer, but Bernard refuses to let them marry even when Hélène becomes pregnant. She goes to Amiens to have her baby, but when World War I breaks out the city is occupied by the Germans. She courageously works undercover as a spy for the Allies while Jean becomes a fighter ace in the skies above. Bernard himself voluntarily enlists to drive out the invaders.
Cast
- Raimu as Bernard Lefrançois
- Albert Bassermann as Col. von Gelow
- Germaine Dermoz as Suzanne Lefrançois
- Jacqueline Porel as Hélène Bardin
- Bernard Lancret as Jean Lefrançois
- Paul Cambo as Pierre Lefrançois
- Denis d'Inès as L'abbé Ribon
- Georges Péclet as Jules Védrines
- Fernand Fabre as L'officier prisonnier
- Jean Toulout as L'officier allemand
- Georges Paulais as Gallieni
- Camille Bert as Hans
- Fransined as Le Marseillais
- Catherine Fonteney as L'infirmière
- Édouard Delmont as Le père Bardin
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.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- Heroes of the Marne at IMDb
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Films directed by André Hugon
- Flower of Paris (1916)
- The Gold Chignon (1916)
- Anguish (1917)
- Sharks (1917)
- The Jackals (1917)
- Vertigo (1917)
- Mademoiselle Chiffon (1919)
- A Crime Has Been Committed (1919)
- The Fugitive (1920)
- Jacques Landauze (1920)
- Worthless Woman (1921)
- The Black Diamond (1922)
- King of the Camargue (1922)
- The Two Pigeons (1922)
- The Little Thing (1923)
- La gitanilla (1924)
- The Princess and the Clown (1924)
- The Thruster (1924)
- The Temple of Shadows (1927)
- Yasmina (1927)
- The Great Passion (1928)
- The Three Masks (1929)
- The Wedding March (1929)
- Levy and Company (1930)
- Tenderness (1930)
- If You Wish It (1932)
- Maurin of the Moors (1932)
- The Sandman (1932)
- Southern Cross (1932)
- The Illustrious Maurin (1933)
- Chourinette (1934)
- Gaspard de Besse (1935)
- Moses and Solomon, Perfumers (1935)
- The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy (1936)
- Mercadet (1936)
- Romarin (1937)
- Monsieur Bégonia (1937)
- Sarati the Terrible (1937)
- Heroes of the Marne (1938)
- Street Without Joy (1938)
- Moulin Rouge (1941)
- Three Argentines in Montmartre (1941)
- Room 13 (1942)
- The Exile's Song (1943)
- The Grand Hotel Affair (1946)
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