''Ramuntcho'' is a 1959 French

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

Pierre Schoendoerffer Pierre Schoendoerffer (, ; 5 May 1928 – 14 March 2012) was a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician. He was president of the Académ ...

and starring François Guérin, Mijanou Bardot and Gaby Morlay.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.390 It is based on

Pierre Loti Pierre Loti (; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud ; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.This article is derived largely from the ''Encyclopædia Britannica Ele ...

's 1897 novel of the same title.

Cast

* François Guérin as Ramuntcho * Mijanou Bardot as Gracieuse * Gaby Morlay as Dolorès *

Roger Hanin Roger Hanin (born Roger Levy, 20 October 1925 – 11 February 2015) was a French actor and film director, best known for playing the title role in the TV police drama, '' Navarro''. Career Roger Hanin was born in 1925 in Algiers, Algeria as Rog ...

as Itchoa * Albert Dinan as Baptistin * Marie Glory as Franchita *

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as L'aubergiste * Georges Géret as Arrochkoa * Colette Régis as La supériere * Evelyne Ker as Pantchika * Simone Vannier

References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1959 films 1959 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer Films based on French novels 1950s French films Films based on works by Pierre Loti Films scored by Louiguy {{1950s-France-film-stub