Three from St Cyr | |
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Directed by | Jean-Paul Paulin |
Written by | Gérard Carlier Paul Fékété |
Starring | Roland Toutain Jean Mercanton Jean Chevrier |
Cinematography | Marcel Lucien |
Edited by | Jean Feyte André Versein |
Music by | Pierre Dupont Marceau Van Hoorebecke |
Production company | Productions Calamy |
Distributed by | SEDIF |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Three from St Cyr (French: Trois de St Cyr) is a 1939 French adventure film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Roland Toutain, Jean Mercanton and Jean Chevrier. It was part of a group of big budget war and spy stories made at the time, which enjoyed box office success in the period just before the Second World War broke out.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Pierre Schild and Marcel Magniez.
Synopsis
[edit]Three graduates of the French military academy at St Cyr are posted to Syria where they become involved in the fight against rebels.
Cast
[edit]- Roland Toutain as Paul Parent
- Jean Mercanton as Jean Le Moyne
- Jean Chevrier as Pierre Mercier
- Paul Amiot as Le général
- Jean Worms as Le commandant Lenoir
- Jean Parédès as Bréval
- Maurice Marceau as Beaumont
- Jean Fay as Le lieutenant Moulin
- Chukry-Bey as Un chef de tribu
- Hélène Perdrière as Françoise le Moyne
- Léon Belières as M. Le Moyne
References
[edit]- ^ Crisp p.330
Bibliography
[edit]- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.