''Mathias Sandorf'' is a 1921 French

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adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

directed by

Henri Fescourt Henri Fescourt (23 November 1880 – 9 August 1966) was a French film director. He directed some 40 films in his career. Filmography * 1912 : ''Un vol a été commis'' * 1912 : ''Le Petit restaurant de l'impasse Canin'' * 1912 : ''Paris-Saint ...

and starring

Romuald Joubé Romuald Charles Eugène Gaudens Jean Sylve Joubé (20 June 1876 – 14 September 1949) was a French people, French stage and film actor whose career on the stage and in films lasted approximately thirty years. Career Born in Mazères, Ariè ...

Yvette Andréyor Yvette Andréyor (born Yvette Louise Pauline Royé, 6 August 1891 – 30 October 1962) was a French actress most popular in the era of silent film. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1962. Biography Yvette Louise Pauline R ...

and

Jean Toulout Jean Toulout (28 September 1887 – 23 October 1962) was a French film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1911 and 1959. Selected filmography * '' La Digue'' (1911) * '' The Mask of Horror'' (1912) * '' The Tenth Symphony'' ...

.Nowell-Smith p.119 It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel ''

Mathias Sandorf ''Mathias Sandorf'' is an 1885 adventure book by the French writer Jules Verne first serialized in ''Le Temps'' in 1885. It employs many of the devices that had served well in his earlier novels: islands, cryptograms, surprise revelations of ide ...

'' by

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. A later sound version of the story ''

'' was released in 1963. The film was distributed in America by

Pathe Exchange Pathe or Pathé may refer to: * Pathé, a French company established in 1896 * Pathé Exchange, U.S. division of the French film company that was spun off into an independent entity * Pathé News, a French and British distributor of cinema newsr ...

under the alternative title ''The Isle of Zorda''. Some scenes were shot around

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million French Riviera The French Riviera, known in French as the (; , ; ), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is considered to be the coastal area of the Alpes-Maritimes department, extending fr ...

Cast

as Mathias Sandorf *

as Sava Toronthal *

as Silas Toronthal *

Paul Vermoyal Pierre Paul Vermoyal (18 October 1888 – 28 September 1925) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Vermoyal was born in Braye-en-Laonnois, Aisne, Picardy. He began his career on the stages of the Grand Guignol theatre in the Quartier Piga ...

as Sarcany *

Gaston Modot Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors. Biography Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th cen ...

as Carpéna * Armand Tallier as Pierre Bathory *

Armand Dutertre Bolesław Kamil Pluciński, known professionally as Armand Dutertre (17 July 1854 in Lublin – 31 May 1932 in Nice, France) was a French and Polish silent movie and theater actor. Life and career Bolesław Kamil Pluciński was born in Lublin, P ...

as Birik *

Henri Maillard Henri is the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include: People French nobles * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * H ...

as Ferrato * Gabrielle Ristori as Maria Ferrato * Mario Nasthasio as Zirone * Djemil Anik as Nasmir *

Germaine Pelisse Germaine may refer to: People Given name *Germaine Arnaktauyok (born 1946), Inuk printmaker, painter, and drawer *Germaine Benoit (1901–1983), French chemical engineer * Germaine Cousin (1579–1601), French saint *Germaine Greer (born 1939), fe ...

as Mme. Toronthal * Adeline de La Croix as Mme. Bathory * Darnay as Étienne Bathory * Benvenuto Nardo as Pescade * Milo Poggi as Matifou

References

Bibliography

* Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. ''The Oxford History of World Cinema''. Oxford University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1921 films French silent films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Henri Fescourt French black-and-white films 1920s historical adventure films Films based on Mathias Sandorf French historical adventure films 1920s French films 1920s Italian films Silent historical adventure films French-language historical adventure films {{1920s-France-film-stub