''Ferragus'' is a 1923 French silent

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

Gaston Ravel Gaston Ravel (; 1878–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and ...

and starring

René Navarre René Navarre (8 July 1877 – 8 February 1968) was a French actor of the silent era. He appeared in 109 films between 1910 and 1946, and was often credited simply as Navarre. His most famous role was probably the master criminal Fantômas. ...

Elmire Vautier Elmire Vautier (August 28, 1897 – April 29, 1954) was a French film actress of the silent and early sound era. Vautier starred in several serials alongside René Navarre to whom she was married.Rainey p.25 & p.251 She also appeared frequen ...

and

Stewart Rome Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...

. It is an adaptation of the 1833 novel of the same title by

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly ; ; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is ...

.Goble p.111 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 ...

Tony Lekain Tony Lekain, real name Tony Théodore Weill, (5 November 1888 – 26 December 1966) was a French film director, who was active during the 1920s and 1930s. Selected filmography * '' Ferragus'' (1923) * 1926: '' Le Fauteuil 47'' with Gaston Ra ...

Cast

as Ferragus *

as Clémence Desmarets *

as Desmarets *

Lucien Dalsace Lucien Dalsace (14 January 1893 – 30 July 1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.322 Selected filmography * '' Ferragus'' (1923) * '' Prince Jean'' (1928) * ''In Old Stamboul'' (1928) * ''Temptation'' (1929) * '' Chéri-Bibi'' (1938) * '' The Re ...

as Maulincourt *

as Mendiant

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1923 films 1923 drama films French drama films 1920s historical films French historical films French silent feature films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Gaston Ravel French black-and-white films Films based on French novels 1920s French films Films set in the 19th century Films based on works by Honoré de Balzac {{1920s-France-film-stub