Insult (film)
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Insult is a 1932 British
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Harry Lachman
Harry Lachman
Harry B. Lachman was an American artist, set designer, and film director.Born La Salle, Illinois, Lachman was educated at the University of Michigan before becoming a magazine and book illustrator, contributing 4 colour illustrations to the 1907 work John Smith, Gentleman Adventurer by Charles...

 and starring Elizabeth Allan, John Gielgud
John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937...

 and Hugh Williams
Hugh Williams
Hugh Williams was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.-Personal life:...

. It is an adaptation of a play by Jean Fabricus. It is a melodrama
Melodrama
The term melodrama refers to a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions. It may also refer to the genre which includes such works, or to language, behavior, or events which resemble them...

 set in the French Foreign Legion
French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...

 in North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

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Cast

  • Elizabeth Allan - Pola Dubois
  • John Gielgud
    John Gielgud
    Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937...

     - Henri Dubois
  • Hugh Williams
    Hugh Williams
    Hugh Williams was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.-Personal life:...

     - Captain Ramon Nadir
  • Sam Livesey
    Sam Livesey
    Sam Livesey was a British film actor. He was the father of the actor Roger Livesey.-Selected filmography:* The Forger * Blackmail silent version only* Raise the Roof * Up for the Cup...

     - Major Dubois
  • Sydney Fairbrother
    Sydney Fairbrother
    Sydney Fairbrother was a British film actress.Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London, UK, she was educated at Blackpool, UK and Bonn in Germany. She made her stage debut in Birmingham, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them...

     - Arabella
  • Abraham Sofaer
    Abraham Sofaer
    Abraham Sofaer was a stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon, Burma...

     - Ali Ben Achmed
  • Edgar Norfolk
    Edgar Norfolk
    -Selected filmography:* Hotel Splendide * The Sign of Four * His Grace Gives Notice * Tangled Evidence * Mine Own Executioner -External links:...

     - Captain Jean Conte
  • Hal Gordon
    Hal Gordon
    Hal Gordon was a British film actor. A character actor, he appeared in over 90 films in both comic and straight roles.He started off as a lawyer's clerk but finding it dull he decided on the stage, making his music hall debut in 1912...

     - Sergeant
  • Dinah Gilly - Singer
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