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Film / 1937
The Citadel of Silence
Directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
The story
During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
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Cast
AnnabellaViana Volonska
Pierre RenoirColonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
Bernard LancretCésar Birsky
Pierre AlcoverThe Governor of Warsaw
Paul AmiotVladorowsky
Mady BerryThe landlady of the hotel
Pauline CartonThe landlady
Henry Darbray
Jeanne Fusier-GirThe butler's daughter
Gilberte GéniatCatherine
Claire GérardThe nanny
Fabien LorisThe 836
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Georges MelchiorNevitzky
Marthe MellotJoséphine
André Nox
Marguerite PierryThe other landlady
Philippe Richard
Georges SaillardAn insurgent
José SquinquelThe captain
Lucas GridouxThe spy
Alexandre RignaultThe guardian
Pierre LarqueyBartek
Fernand Bellan(uncredited)
Roger BlinOfficer (uncredited)
Guy Decomble(uncredited)
Denise JoveletVania as a child (uncredited)
Georges LannesKerlov (uncredited)
Robert Le ViganGranoff, prison Chief (uncredited)
Marcel RouzéOfficer at the citadel (uncredited)
Henri ÉchourinBearer (uncredited)
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