''Sergeant X'' (French: ''Le sergent X'') is a 1932 French

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directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring

Ivan Mozzhukhin Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin ( rus, Иван Ильич Мозжухин, p=ɪˈvan ɨˈlʲjitɕ mɐˈʑːʉxʲɪn; —18 January 1939), usually billed using the French transliteration Ivan Mosjoukine, was a Russian silent film actor. Career in R ...

Suzy Vernon Suzy Vernon (1901–1997) was a French film actress.Powrie p.178 Vernon was born Amelie Paris in Perpignan in Southern France. She began her screen career in 1923 during the silent era and went on to appear in just under fifty films. She generall ...

and Jean Angelo.Crisp p.394 The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Alexandre Lochakoff Alexandre Lochakoff was a Russian-born art director.Phillips p.39 After fleeing following the Russian Revolution in 1917 he settled in France where he worked designing film sets. Selected filmography * ''Heart of an Actress'' (1924) * '' Michel ...

and Vladimir Meingard. Many of those involved with the film's production were Russian emigrants. It was remade under the same title in 1960.

Synopsis

An army officer returns home after being believed dead, only to find that his wife has remarried. In order to spare her feelings he enlists in the

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to serve in

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Cast

as Jean Renault *

as Olga * Jean Angelo as Chardin *

Suzanne Stanley Suzanne may refer to: People * Suzanne (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name) * S. U. Zanne, pen name of August Vandekerkhove (1838–1923), Belgian writer and inventor * Suzanne, pen name of Renée Méndez ...

as Djanni * Bill Bocket as Christophe * Léon Courtois as Grégoire * Nicole de Rouves as Jeanne *

Michel Monda Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...

as Georges * Massazza as Truzzi *

Lars Birbach Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...

as Schwartz * Tukchtiaeff as Shika

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1932 films French drama films 1932 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky Films about the French Foreign Legion Films set in Africa 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub