''Sharks'' (French:''Requins'') is a 1917 French silent

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

André Hugon André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 w ...

and starring Charles Krauss,

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and

André Nox André Nox (1869–1946) was a French film actor.Goble p.28 Selected filmography * '' The Jackals'' (1917) * ''Vertigo'' (1917) * ''Sharks'' (1917) * '' The Fugitive'' (1920) * '' Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'' (1922) *'' After Love'' (1924) * '' C ...

.Rège p.511

Cast

* Charles Krauss *

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Maryse Dauvray Maryse Dauvray was a French film actress of the silent era.Waldman p.22 Selected filmography * '' The Red Promenade'' (1914) * ''Sharks'' (1917) * ''J'accuse "''J'Accuse...!''" (; "I Accuse...!") is an open letter, written by Émile Zola in ...

Marie-Louise Derval Marie Louise or Marie-Louise is a French feminine compound given name. In other languages, it may take one of several alternate forms: * Maria Luiza (Bulgarian, Portuguese) * Maria Luisa (Italian, Spanish) * Maria Luise (German) * Maria Louisa, ...

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1917 films Films directed by André Hugon French silent films 1917 crime films French black-and-white films French crime films 1910s French films 1910s French-language films {{1910s-crime-film-stub