''Fanatisme'' is a 1934 French

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

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 Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring

Pola Negri Pola Negri (; born Apolonia Chalupec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and fem ...

, Jean Yonnel and Lucien Rozenberg.Kotowski p.208 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Claude Bouxin Claude Bouxin (17 February 1907 – 23 February 1997) was a French art director.Soister p.280 He designed the film sets for over ninety productions. Selected filmography * '' Roger la Honte'' (1933) * ''The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934) * '' Fanatis ...

Cast

as Rosine Savelli * Jean Yonnel as Le prince de Valnéro * Lucien Rozenberg as

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A neph ...

* Andrée Lafayette as L'impératrice Eugénie * Georges Flateau as Ardiotti *

Pierre Richard-Willm Pierre Richard-Willm (3 November 1895 – 12 April 1983) was a French stage and film actor during the 1930s and 1940s."Pierre Richard-Willm" aCiné-Ressources Retrieved 1 November 2020. Biography Pierre Richard-Willm (originally Alexandre-Pi ...

as Marcel Besnard *

Louisa de Mornand Louisa may refer to: Places ;Australia * Louisa Island (Tasmania) ;Canada * Louisa or Lac-Louisa, a community in Wentworth, Quebec ;Malaysia * Louisa Reef, Sabah ;United States * Louisa, Kentucky * Louisa, Missouri * Louisa, Virginia * Louisa ...

as La marquise de Contadès *

Lilian Greuze Lilian Greuze (1890-1950) was a French model, and actress of the stage and screen. She was from Paris, France Theater ingenue (stock character) She was a protégé of Sarah Bernhardt and performed at the French Theater on West 44th Street in ...

as La comtesse Walewska *

William Aguet William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...

as Le chambellan *

Pierre Juvenet Pierre Juvenet (1883–1951) was a French stage and film actor.Powrie p.231 A character actor, he appeared in more than a hundred films frequently portraying officials and authority figures. Selected filmography * '' The Mystery of the Yellow ...

as Le duc de Morny * Gil Clary as La princesse Mathilde *

Christian Argentin Christian Robert Pierre Argentin (11 October 1893 – 27 November 1955) was a French stage and film actor. Argentin was born in Elbeuf, Seine-Inférieure (now Seine-Maritime), France and died in Paris. He made his film debut in a 1912 sho ...

as Piétri

References

Bibliography

* Mariusz Kotowski. ''Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale''. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.

External links

* 1934 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Gaston Ravel Pathé films Films set in the 19th century French historical drama films 1930s historical drama films Cultural depictions of Napoleon III French black-and-white films 1934 drama films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub