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1936 film

The New Men

Directed by	Marcel L'Herbier
Written by	Marcel L'Herbier
Based on	The New Men by Claude Farrère
Produced by	Albert Lauzin
Starring	Harry Baur Natalie Paley Gabriel Signoret
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Jacques Manuel
Music by	Marius-François Gaillard
Production company	Les Films Albert Lauzin
Distributed by	Les Films Albert Lauzin
Release date	4 March 1936 (1936-03-04)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The New Men (French: Les Hommes nouveaux) is a 1936 French drama film written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Harry Baur, Natalie Paley and Gabriel Signoret. The film was based on the novel of the same title by Claude Farrère, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Synopsis

In the early decades of the twentieth century, a group of adventurers are encouraged to settle the southern area of French Morocco. The plot follows the rise of one of these "new men" Bourron, a former docker.

Cast

Harry Baur as Bourron
Natalie Paley as Christiane
Gabriel Signoret as Maréchal Lyautey de Tolly
Max Michel as Henri de Chassagnes
Claude Sainval as Jean de Sainte-Foy
Sylvio De Pedrelli as Medhani, the gangster boss
Jean Marais as the clerk
André Numès Fils as Roussignol
René Bergeron as Mingasse
Marie-Jacqueline Chantal as the nurse
Gustave Gallet as Clémenceau
Ben Gassin as Zerfatti
André Carnège as the commander
Hugues de Bagratide as an officier
Paul Amiot as D'Amade

References

Andrew & Ungar p.425
Goble p.152
Les Hommes nouveaux (1936) at the Films de France

Bibliography

Andrew, Dudley & Ungar, Steven. Popular Front Paris and the Poetics of Culture. Harvard University Press, 2005.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

The New Men at IMDb
Les Hommes nouveaux (1936) at the Films de France

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)

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