''Sapho'' is a 1934 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. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Léonce Perret Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer.The Museum of Modern Art(retrieved 7 June 2007) He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avant ...

and starring

Mary Marquet Mary Marquet (born Micheline Marguerite Delphine Marquet; 14 April 1895 – 29 August 1979) was a French stage and film actress. Career Marquet came from a family of artists: her parents were actors, an aunt was a star dancer at the Paris Ope ...

Jean-Max Jean-Max (1895–1970) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Selected filmography * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * ''Le cap perdu'' (1931) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) * '' Suzanne'' (1932) * '' Once Upon ...

and Marcelle Praince.Goble p.940 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

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as Fanny Legrand *

as Dechelette * Marcelle Praince as Rosa *

François Rozet François Rozet, (25 March 1899 – 8 April 1994) was a French-born Canadian actor. Rozet was born March 25, 1899 in Villars-les-Dombes, Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France and died in Montréal, Québec, Canada. In 1971, he was made an Officer of ...

as Jean Gaussin *

Camille Bert Camille Bert (1880–1970) was a French actor. Born Camille Léon Louis Bertrand in Orléans, he died in Paris in 1970. Selected filmography * ''Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920) * ''The Thruster'' (1924) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926) * ' ...

as Caoudal * Madame Ahnar as Pilar * Nadia Sibirskaïa as La fille *

Marguerite Ducouret Marguerite may refer to: People * Marguerite (given name), including a list of people with the name Places *Marguerite, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community *Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula * Marguerite Island, Adélie Land, Antarctic ...

as Madame Hettema * Jacqueline Made as Alice Doré * Marfa d'Hervilly as Clara * Charlotte Clasis as Divonne * Yvonne Mirval as Wilkie Cab *

Germaine Montero Germaine Montero (1909–2000) was a French singer and a stage, television and film actress.Conway p.87 Partial filmography * '' Sapho'' (1934) - Madame Sombreuse * ''The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' (1940) - Rogelia Sanchez * '' Saint Rogelia'' (19 ...

as Madame Sombreuse * Lucien Brulé as De Potter * Jean Bara as Le petit Joseph *

Fernand Charpin Fernand Charpin (30 May 1887 – 6 November 1944) was a French actor. He is known for his role as Honoré Panisse in Marcel Pagnol's Marseille trilogy, beginning with '' Marius'' in 1931. Selected filmography * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' ( ...

as Césaire * Georges Morton as Le père Legrand * Marcel Carpentier as Monsieur Hettema *

André Perchicot André Perchicot (August 9, 1888 – May 3, 1950) was a French cyclist who won the bronze medal at the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Sprint in Newark, New Jersey and the 1912 French National Track Championships. Biogr ...

as Paulus * Ky Duyen as Le domestique

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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* 1934 films French drama films 1934 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Léonce Perret Pathé films French black-and-white films Films based on works by Alphonse Daudet 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub

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