''Sapho'' is a 1934 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

Léonce Perret Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer.The Museum of Modern Art(retrieved 7 June 2007) He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avan ...

and starring Mary Marquet,

Jean-Max Jean-Max (1895–1970) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Selected filmography * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * ''Le cap perdu'' (1931) * ''The Unknown Singer (1931 film), The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * ''The Darling of Paris (1931 film), T ...

and Marcelle Praince.Goble p.940 The film's sets were designed by the

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Jacques Colombier.

Cast

* Mary Marquet as Fanny Legrand *

as Dechelette * Marcelle Praince as Rosa *

François Rozet François Rozet, (25 March 1899 – 8 April 1994) was a French-born Canadian actor. Rozet was born March 25, 1899, in Villars-les-Dombes, Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France and died in Montréal, Québec, Canada. In 1971, he was made an Officer of ...

as Jean Gaussin * Camille Bert as Caoudal * Madame Ahnar as Pilar *

Nadia Sibirskaïa Nadia Sibirskaïa (born Germaine Marie Josèphe Lebas, 11 September 1901 – 14 July 1980) was a French film actress.Sultanik p.263 She was married to the Russian-born director Dimitri Kirsanoff and appeared in several of his early films. Earl ...

as La fille *

Marguerite Ducouret Marguerite may refer to: People * Marguerite (given name), including a list of people with the name Places *Marguerite, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community *Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula * Marguerite Island, Adélie Land, Antarctica ...

as Madame Hettema * Jacqueline Made as Alice Doré *

Marfa d'Hervilly Marfa Dhervilly (1876–1963) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.182 Selected filmography * ''Orange Blossom'' (1932) * '' Beauty Spot'' (1932) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1934) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * '' ...

as Clara * Charlotte Clasis as Divonne * Yvonne Mirval as Wilkie Cab * Germaine Montero as Madame Sombreuse *

Lucien Brulé Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. People Given name * Lucien, 3rd Prince Murat (1803–1878), French politician and Prince of Pontecorvo *Lucien, Lord of Monaco (1487� ...

as De Potter * Jean Bara as Le petit Joseph * Fernand Charpin as Césaire * Georges Morton as Le père Legrand *

Marcel Carpentier Marcel Maurice Carpentier (; 2 March 1895 – 14 September 1977) was a French Army general who served in World War I, World War II, and the First Indochina War. Early life Born on 2 March 1895 in Marseille, he was the eldest son in his family ...

as Monsieur Hettema *

André Perchicot André Perchicot (August 9, 1888 – May 3, 1950) was a French cyclist who won the bronze medal at the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Sprint in Newark, New Jersey and the 1912 French National Track Championships. Biogr ...

as Paulus * Ky Duyen as Le domestique

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1934 films French drama films 1934 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Léonce Perret Pathé films French black-and-white films Films based on Sappho (novel) 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub