''The Dying Land'' (French: ''La terre qui meurt'') is a 1936 French colour
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
Jean Vallée
Jean Vallée (born Paul Goeders in Verviers on 2 October 1941 – 12 March 2014, Clermont-sur-Berwinne) was a Belgian songwriter and performer. Vallée was appointed Knight of the Order of the Crown by HM Albert II in 1999.
Career
In 1967 ...
and starring
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''P ...
,
Simone Bourday and
Line Noro
Line Noro (22 February 1900 – 4 November 1985) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Hayward p.172 During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as ''Pépé le Moko''. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a membe ...
.
[Crisp p.151] It is based on a novel by
René Bazin, previously adapted into a 1927
silent film of the same title.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Roland Quignon
Roland Quignon (1897–1984) was a French art director.Crisp p.151 He designed the sets for more than fifty films during his career. He also directed four films.
Selected filmography
* '' His Other Love'' (1934)
* '' Bourrasque'' (1935)
* '' The ...
.
Cast
*
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''P ...
as Le père Lumineau
*
Robert Arnoux as François
*
Mady Berry
Mady Berry (14 October 1887 – 18 January 1965) was a French stage and film actress.Waldman p.146
Selected filmography
* '' Gloria'' (1931)
* '' All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931)
* '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931)
* '' The Girl and the Boy'' (193 ...
as La Michelonne
*
Raymond Bouquet
*
Simone Bourday as Marie Rose
*
Jean Cyrano
*
Paul Demange
*
Georges Flamant
*
Lucien Gallas
Lucien Gallas (March 23, 1904 – May 26, 1967) was a French stage and film actor.Waldman p.165 He was married to the actress Ginette Leclerc.
Selected filmography
* ''Holiday'' (1931)
* '' Billeting Order'' (1932)
* '' Little Jacques'' (193 ...
as André
*
Robert Goupil
*
Marcelle Monthil
Marcelle Monthil (8 June 1892 – 8 November 1950) was a French film actress.
Born Marcelle Madeleine Montalenti in the Principality of Monaco, she died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''Love Songs'' (1930)
* '' When Love Is Over'' (1931)
* ...
as La deuxième Michelonne
*
Line Noro
Line Noro (22 February 1900 – 4 November 1985) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Hayward p.172 During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as ''Pépé le Moko''. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a membe ...
as Eléonore
*
Alexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985.
Biography
He was born on February 14, 1901 in Paris 5th, at his parents' home, rue Guy-de-La-Brosse. H ...
as Matharin
*
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...
*
Germaine Sablon
Germaine Sablon (19 July 1899 at Le Perreux-sur-Marne – 17 April 1985 at Saint-Raphael) was a French singer, film actress and a WWII French Resistance fighter.
She starred in some 15 films between 1920 and 1956.
Biography
Germaine Sablon ...
as Felicite
See also
*
List of early color feature films
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References
Bibliography
* Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2015.
External links
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1936 films
1930s color films
1936 drama films
French drama films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Vallée
Films based on French novels
1930s French films
Films scored by Jane Bos
Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak
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