Captain Fracasse (1929) more movies like this

directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
featuring Lien Deyers, Marguerite Moreno, Pierre Blanchar, Charles Boyer

The first of three film versions of Theophile Gautier's popular adventure novel Le Capitaine Fracasse was co-written and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti in 1929. Pierre Blanchar essays the title character, who when first we see him is impoverished nobleman Baron de Solignac. Living a solitary existence in his crumbling ancestral castle, the Baron's ...

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The Chess Player (1927) more movies like this

directed by Raymond Bernard
featuring Edith Jehanne, Charles Dullin, Camille Bert, Pierre Blanchar, Pierre Batcheff

The Chess Player (Le Jouer D'Echecs) is based on an old European fable about a despotic king who came to grief via his obsession with a mechanical chess-playing machine. For the purposes of this film, the fable is incorporated in an inspirational story about a young, courageous Polish woman, a patriot in the Joan of Arc mold. The action takes ...

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La Symphonie Pastorale (1946) more movies like this

directed by Jean Delannoy
featuring Michèle Morgan, Andrée Clement, Line Noro, Pierre Blanchar, Jean Desailly, Louvigny, Rosine Luguet

Adapted by Pierre Bost and Jean Aurenche from a novel by Andre Gide, Symphonie Pastorale proved yet another box-office success for popular French filmmaker Jean Delannoy. Michelle Morgan stars as a blind orphaned girl who is adopted by kindly pastor Pierre Blancher. The pastor's paternal affection for the girl blossoms into romantic love, despite ...

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