''Baroud'' is a 1932 British-French

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directed by Rex Ingram and Alice Terry and starring Felipe Montes, Rosita Garcia, and Pierre Batcheff. Actor Paul Henreid debuted in a small role. The film was released in separate French and English-language versions, the latter sometimes known by the title ''Love in Morocco''.Cook p. 182 It was the final film of Ingram, a leading

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director of the

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, and the last film appearance by Alice Terry, a leading Hollywood star of the silent era and Ingram's wife. The title is the Berber word for war.

Plot

It is set in

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. Two soldiers in the

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s, one a Frenchman and the other the son of a chief allied to the French, are friends, but quarrel when the Frenchman becomes romantically involved with the other's sister. They join forces again to repulse an attack by a hostile tribe.

Cast

English version

* Felipe Montes as Si Alal, Caid de Ilued * Rosita Garcia as Zinah, his daughter * Pierre Batcheff as Si Hamed * Rex Ingram as André Duval * Arabella Fields as Mabrouka, a slave * Andrews Engelmann as Si Amarok *

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as Captain Sabry * Laura Salerni as Arlette * Frédéric Mariotti * Alice Terry * Paul Henreid (film debut in a bit part)

French version

* Philippe Moretti as Si Allal, Caïd d'IIllouet * Rosita Garcia as Zinah, la fille de Si Allal * Pierre Batcheff as Si Hamed, le fils de Si Allal, Maréchal des Logis de Spahis *

Roland Caillaux Roland Raymond Ferdinand Caillaud (January 5, 1905 – December 3, 1977) – known professionally as Roland Caillaux, and sometimes using the pseudonym Roland Caipland – was a French actor and artist. He is known for acting in several French f ...

as André Duval, Sergent de Spahis * Arabella Fields as Mabrouka * Andrews Engelmann as Si Amarock, Chef de tribu rebelle * Georges Busby as Lakhdar * Richard Gaillard as Capitaine Labry *

Colette Darfeuil Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s. Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 i ...

as Arlette

References

Bibliography

* Cook, Pam. ''Gainsborough Pictures''. Cassell, 1997.

External links

* * 1932 films 1930s war adventure films 1930s French-language films British war adventure films French war adventure films Films directed by Rex Ingram Films set in Morocco Films shot in Morocco Gainsborough Pictures films Gaumont Film Company films French multilingual films Films scored by Jack Beaver British multilingual films 1932 multilingual films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree 1930s English-language films 1930s British films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub