''Captain Fracasse'' (French: ''Le capitaine Fracasse'') is a 1929 French silent

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directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and Henry Wulschleger and starring Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers and

Charles Boyer Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...

. It is based on the 1863 novel of the same name by

Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rema ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Erik Aaes.

Cast

* Pierre Blanchar as Baron de Sigognac / Le capitaine Fracasse * Lien Deyers as Isabelle *

as Duc de Vallombreuse * Daniel Mendaille as Agostin * Pola Illéry as Chiquita * Marie-Thérèse Vincent as Séraphine * Odette Josylla as Zerbine *

Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 18 ...

as Dame Léonarde * Armand Numès as Blazius * Paul Quevedo as Leander * Paul Velsa as Matamore * René Bergeron as Scapín * Léon Courtois as Herode * Georges Benoît * Clairette de Savoye * Alexandre Vargas

References

Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

* * 1929 films 1929 adventure films 1920s French films 1920s French-language films 1920s historical adventure films Films based on Captain Fracasse Films directed by Alberto Cavalcanti Films directed by Henry Wulschleger Films set in the 17th century French black-and-white films French historical adventure films French silent feature films French-language historical adventure films Silent historical adventure films {{1920s-France-film-stub