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1937 film

The Citadel of Silence

Directed by	Marcel L'Herbier
Written by	Jean Anouilh André Cerf T.H. Robert J.J. Thoren
Produced by	Joseph Lucachevitch
Starring	Annabella Pierre Renoir Bernard Lancret
Cinematography	Louis Née Armand Thirard
Edited by	Roger Spiri-Mercaton
Music by	Darius Milhaud
Production company	Impérial Film
Distributed by	SEDIF
Release date	3 June 1937 (1937-06-03)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Citadel of Silence (French: La citadelle du silence) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne.

Synopsis

In Tsarist Russia before the First World War a young female revolutionary attempts to kill a senior official. It is her lover who is arrested however and to try and rescue him she becomes romantically close to the commander the fortress where he is imprisoned.

Cast

Annabella as Viana
Pierre Renoir as Stepan
Bernard Lancret as César Birsky
Gilberte Géniat as Catherine
Pauline Carton as La logeuse
Pierre Larquey as Bartek
Paul Amiot as Vladorowsky
Robert Le Vigan as Granoff
Roger Blin as Officier
Pierre Alcover as Le gouverneur de Varsovie
Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La fille du majordome
Alexandre Rignault as Le gardien
Mady Berry as Patronne de l'hôtel
Georges Melchior as Nevitzky
Lucas Gridoux as L'espion
José Squinquel as Le capitaine
Claire Gérard as La nounou
Marguerite Pierry as La logeuse
Marthe Mellot as Joséphine
Denise Jovelet as Vania enfant
Georges Saillard as Un insurgé
Fabien Loris as Le 836
Marcel Rouzé as Un officier à la citadelle
Henri Échourin as Le porteur
Fernand Bellan
Henry Darbray
Guy Decomble
Georges Lannes as Kerlov
André Nox
Philippe Richard

References

Driskell p.209

Bibliography

Jonathan Driskell. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.

External links

The Citadel of Silence at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Le Carnaval des vérités (1920) L'Homme du large (1920) El Dorado (1921) L'Inhumaine (1924) Feu Mathias Pascal (1925) Le Vertige (1926) Little Devil May Care (1928) L'Argent (1928) La Femme d'une nuit (1930) Nights of Princes (1930) The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930) The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1931) L'Épervier (1933) The Scandal (1934) The Adventurer (1934) Le Bonheur (1934) La Route impériale (1935) Veille d'armes (1935) The New Men (1936) Nights of Fire (1937) The Cheat (1937) The Citadel of Silence (1937) Rasputin (1938) Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938) Savage Brigade (1939) Entente cordiale (1939) La Comédie du bonheur (1940) Foolish Husbands (1941) La Nuit fantastique (1942) The Honourable Catherine (1943) La Vie de Bohème (1942-1945) Happy Go Lucky (1946) The Queen's Necklace (1946) The Last Days of Pompeii (1948-1950) The Father of the Girl (1953)

Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier

Le Carnaval des vérités (1920)
L'Homme du large (1920)
El Dorado (1921)
L'Inhumaine (1924)
Feu Mathias Pascal (1925)
Le Vertige (1926)
Little Devil May Care (1928)
L'Argent (1928)
La Femme d'une nuit (1930)
Nights of Princes (1930)
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930)
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1931)
L'Épervier (1933)
The Scandal (1934)
The Adventurer (1934)
Le Bonheur (1934)
La Route impériale (1935)
Veille d'armes (1935)
The New Men (1936)
Nights of Fire (1937)
The Cheat (1937)
The Citadel of Silence (1937)
Rasputin (1938)
Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
Savage Brigade (1939)
Entente cordiale (1939)
La Comédie du bonheur (1940)
Foolish Husbands (1941)
La Nuit fantastique (1942)
The Honourable Catherine (1943)
La Vie de Bohème (1942-1945)
Happy Go Lucky (1946)
The Queen's Necklace (1946)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1948-1950)
The Father of the Girl (1953)

v t e Jean Anouilh
Plays written	Y'avait un prisonnier Le Voyageur sans bagage Thieves' Carnival Léocadia Eurydice Antigone Invitation to the Castle Ardèle ou la Marguerite Colombe The Waltz of the Toreadors The Lark Médée Humulus le muet Becket Dear Antoine: or, the Love That Failed Les Poissons rouges ou Mon père ce héros Chers zoiseaux
Films written and directed	Traveling Light (1944) Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)
Films written only	The Citadel of Silence (1937) Love Cavalcade (1940) La Fiancée des ténèbres (1945) Anna Karenina (1948) White Paws (1949) Darling Caroline (1951) Crimson Curtain (1952) A Caprice of Darling Caroline (1953) The Knight of the Night (1953) The Passion of Slow Fire (1961) Circle of Love (1964) Trap for Cinderella (1965) A Time for Loving (1972)
Song lyrics	"Les Chemins de l'amour"

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