The Lafarge Case
1938 film
- André-Paul Antoine
- Jean Aurenche
- Henri Calef
- Ernest Fornairon (book)
- Arnold Lipp [fr; de]
- Pierre Renoir
- Marcelle Chantal
- Raymond Rouleau
- Louis Page
- Theodore J. Pahle
- Christian Gaudin
- Jean Oser
Production
companies
companies
- Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques
- Trianon Films
Release date
- 8 March 1938 (1938-03-08)
Running time
The Lafarge Case (French: L'Affaire Lafarge) is a 1938 French historical crime drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Raymond Rouleau.[1] It recalls a famous nineteenth century case, and is mostly portrayed in flashback.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Eugène Lourié.
Synopsis
In the 1840s Marie a young woman from Paris is married to Charles, a brutal, unpleasant ironmaster in provincial France. When he dies under mysterious circumstances she is accused of murdering him by his family and is put on trial.
Cast
- Pierre Renoir as Charles Lafarge
- Marcelle Chantal as Marie Lafarge-Capelle
- Raymond Rouleau as Maître Lachaud
- Margo Lion as Aména Lafarge
- Sylvie as Adélaîde Lafarge
- Erich von Stroheim as Denis
- Florence Marly as Emma Pontier
- Berthe d'Yd as Mlle. Brun
- Auguste Bovério as Le président des Assises
- Sylvette Fillacier as Clémentine
- Palau as Defoy
- Lisette Missier as Mlle. von Martens
- Odette Talazac as L'aubergiste
- Yvette Darnys as Une fille
- Solange Sicard as Une fille
- Agnès Duval as Catherine
- René Bergeron as L'oncle Pontier
- Paul Amiot as Le procureur
- André Gabriello as Rogue
- Gustave Gallet as Orfiela
- Franck Maurice as Le préfet
- Roger Blin as Le journalier
- Georges Douking as Parent
- Etienne Decroux as Un paysan
- François Viguier as Un expert
- Gonzague Frick as Le greffier
- Jean Bouzanquet as Le cavalier
- Martial Rèbe as Le médecin
- Georges Mauloy as Le directeur de la prison
- Edmond Castel as Le sous-directeur de la prison
- Marc Daray as Forge
- Paul Marthès as Le curé
- Morris as Le préfet
References
Bibliography
- Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.
External links
- The Lafarge Case at IMDb
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Films directed by Pierre Chenal
- Street Without a Name (1934)
- The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1936)
- The Former Mattia Pascal (1937)
- The Man from Nowhere (1937)
- The Alibi (1937)
- The Lafarge Case (1938)
- The Last Turning (1939)
- Todo un hombre (1943)
- The Corpse Breaks a Date (1944)
- The Abyss Opens (1945)
- Viaje sin regreso (1946)
- Devil and the Angel (1946)
- Clochemerle (1948)
- Native Son (1951)
- The Idol (1952)
- Confession at Dawn (1954)
- The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)
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