''Men Without Fear'' (French: ''Les hommes sans peur'') is a 1942 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Yvan Noé
Yvan Noé (1895–1963) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.Driskell p.146 He was married to the actress Pierrette Caillol who sometimes performed alongside him.
Selected filmography
* ''Gloria'' (1931)
* '' Mademoiselle Moza ...
and starring
Madeleine Sologne
Madeleine Sologne (12 October 1912 – 31 March 1995) was a French film actress.
Sologne was born Madeleine Simone Vouillon in La Ferté-Imbault, Loir-et-Cher. She was married to the art director Jean Douarinou. According to the art historian M ...
Janine Darcey
Janine Darcey (14 January 1917 – 1 October 1993) was a French film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1936 and 1993.
Partial filmography
* ''La tendre ennemie'' (1936) - La cousine (uncredited)
* '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1936)
* ...
.Rège p.772 It was partly shot at the
Victorine Studios
Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city.
Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a Ho ...
in
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionUnoccupied Zone of France. The film's sets were designed by
Jean Douarinou
Jean Douarinou (1906–1987) was a French art director.Hayward p.440 He was born in Indochina which was then a French colonial possession. He was the elder brother of the cinematographer Alain Douarinou.
Selected filmography
* ''Madame Angot's Dau ...
.
Cast
*
Madeleine Sologne
Madeleine Sologne (12 October 1912 – 31 March 1995) was a French film actress.
Sologne was born Madeleine Simone Vouillon in La Ferté-Imbault, Loir-et-Cher. She was married to the art director Jean Douarinou. According to the art historian M ...
Janine Darcey
Janine Darcey (14 January 1917 – 1 October 1993) was a French film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1936 and 1993.
Partial filmography
* ''La tendre ennemie'' (1936) - La cousine (uncredited)
* '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1936)
* ...
as Denise
*
Jean Murat
Jean Murat (13 July 1888 in Périgueux – 5 January 1968 in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella. He was one of the surviving passengers of the August 1923 Air Union Farman Goliath crash.
Selected ...
as Le professeur Bellecour
*
Pierrette Caillol
Pierrette Caillol (1898–1991) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.346 She was married to the writer-director Yvan Noé
Yvan Noé (1895–1963) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.Driskell p.146 He was married to the ...
as Le précurseur
*
Gérard Landry
Landry Fernand Charles Marrier de Lagatinerie (16 October 1912 – 18 September 1999), known professionally as Gérard Landry, was an Argentine actor. He began acting in 1932 with his first movie ''Mirages de Paris'', acted for over fifty ye ...
as Jacques Monval
*
Marthe Régnier Marthe may refer to:
*Marthe (given name) a feminine given name
* ''Marthe'' (novel), an 1876 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans
*''Marthe'', an 1877 play by Georges Ohnet
* ''Marthe'' (film), a 1997 film by Gérard Jugnot
People with the surname
*Willi ...
as La malade
*
Georges Alain Georges may refer to:
Places
*Georges River, New South Wales, Australia
*Georges Quay (Dublin)
*Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Other uses
*Georges (name)
* ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas
* "Georges" (song), a 1977 ...
as Pierre
*
Jean d'Yd
Jean Paul Félix Didier Perret, who used the stage name Jean d'Yd, was a French actor and comedian who was born in Paris on 17 May 1880. He died in Vernon, Eure, France on 14 May 1964.
Selected filmography
*1923: ''La Dame de Monsoreau (film ...
as Un médecin
*
Lucien Dalmas
Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius.
People
Given name
*Lucien, 3rd Prince Murat (1803–1878), French politician and Prince of Pontecorvo
*Lucien, Lord of Monaco (1487–1 ...
as Le chanteur
*
Jean Daurand
Jean Daurand (1913–1989) was a French actor. He starred in ''La Nuit Merveilleuse'' and ''Derrière la Facade''.
Selected filmography
* ''Rothchild'' (1933)
* ''Le secret d'une nuit'' (1934)
* ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) - Un groom (uncredite ...
as Joseph
*
Roger Hédouin
Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") ...
*
Georges Lannes
Georges Lannes (27 October 1895 – 8 July 1983) was a French film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during his career including '' André Cornélis'' (1927).Goble p.50
Selected filmography
* '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922)
* '' ...
Jean-François Martial
Jean-François Martial (12 September 1891 – 18 October 1977) was a Belgian actor who appeared in mostly French films beginning in the silent film era of the early 1910s until his retirement in the early 1960s.
Born Martial Joseph Ghislain Fo ...
René Noel
René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus.
René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...
*
Arlette Perretière
Arlette () is a French femmine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Arlette or Herleva (), the mother of William the Conqueror
* Arlette Alcock (born 1958), Métis-Canadian folk musician
* Arlette Ben Hamo (born 1930), French forme ...
*
Jean Stoll
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jean ...
Michèle Verneuil
Michele () is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael.
Michele (usually pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and iden ...
*
Pierrette Vial
A Pierrette is, in the theatre, a female Pierrot
Pierrette may also refer to:
*Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1758–1836), French chemist, and wife of Antoine Lavoisier
*Olga Bancic (1912–1944), Jewish–Romanian activist in the French Resistanc ...
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.