L'Épervier
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L'Épervier The Sparrowhawk, is a French
drama
film from 1933, directed and written by Marcel L'Herbier
, starring Charles Boyer
and Jean Marais
. The film was based on novel of Francis de Croisset
. It is also known under the title "Les amoureux" (alternative title).
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
drama
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...
film from 1933, directed and written by Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier, Légion d'honneur, was a French film-maker, who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total...
, starring Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas,...
and Jean Marais
Jean Marais
-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
. The film was based on novel of Francis de Croisset
Francis de Croisset
Francis de Croisset was a Belgium-born French playwright and opera librettist.His opera librettos include Massenet's Chérubin , based on his play of the same name, and Reynaldo Hahn's Ciboulette .He married, in 1910, Marie-Thérèse Bischoffsheim, the widow of banking heir Maurice Bischoffsheim and...
. It is also known under the title "Les amoureux" (alternative title).
Cast
- Charles BoyerCharles BoyerCharles Boyer was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas,...
: Comte Georges de Dasetta - Natalie PaleyNatalia Pavlovna PaleyPrincess Natalia Pavlovna Paley was a member of the Romanov family. A daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, she was a first cousin of the last Russian emperor, Nicholas II. After the Russian revolution she emigrated first to France and later to the United States...
: Marina (as Nathalie Paley) - Marguerite Templey : Madame de Tierrache
- George GrossmithGeorge GrossmithGeorge Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades...
: Erik Drakton - Pierre Richard-WillmPierre Richard-WillmPierre Richard-Willm was a French actor during the 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:Richard-Willm was born in south-western France in the city of Bayonne. His mother, Elisabeth-Fanny Willm, died at the age of thirty-one, and he was raised by his maternal grandmother...
: René de Tierrache - Jean MaraisJean Marais-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
: (uncredited) - Jean TouloutJean TouloutJean Toulout was a French film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1911 and 1959.He was born and died in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* La Fugue de Monsieur Perle...
- Loni Nest
- Viviane Romance
- Gérard LandryGerard LandryGérard Landry was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and began acting in 1932 with his first movie Mirages de Paris. He had acted for over fifty years and has been in over ninety films...
- Christian Gérard
- Spadolini
External links
- L’Épervier (1933) at the Films de France