''The Crew'' (French: ''L'équipage'') is a 1928 French silent

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directed by

Maurice Tourneur Maurice Félix Thomas (; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (), was a French film director and screenwriter. Life Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a w ...

and starring

Jean Dax Jean Dax (born Gontran-Théodore-Louis-Henri Willar; 17 September 1879 – 6 June 1962) was a French actor who appeared in more than 70 films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1928 film '' The Crew''Waldman, p. 142 Selected fi ...

and

Camille Bert Camille Bert (1880–1970) was a French actor. Born Camille Léon Louis Bertrand in Orléans, he died in Paris in 1970. Selected filmography * '' Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920) * '' The Thruster'' (1924) * '' The Vocation of André Carel'' ...

.Waldman p.142 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert-Jules Garnier Robert-Jules Garnier (1883–1958) was a French art director.Bergfelder, Harris & Street p.72 Selected filmography * ''Judex'' (1916) * '' Marquitta'' (1927) * '' The Crew'' (1928) * '' Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * '' Billeting Order'' (1932) ...

. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by

Joseph Kessel Joseph Kessel (10 February 1898 – 23 July 1979), also known as "Jef", was a French journalist and novelist. He was a member of the Académie française and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Biography Kessel was born to a Jewish family in ...

, later remade as a 1935 sound film '' The Crew'' directed by

Anatole Litvak Anatoly Mikhailovich Litvak (10 May 1902 – 15 December 1974), commonly known as Anatole Litvak, was a Russian-American filmmaker. Born to Jewish parents in Kiev, he began his theatrical training at age 13 in Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, ...

Cast

* Claire de Lorez as Denise Maury *

as Capitaine Maury * Georges Charlia as Lieutenant Herbillon *

as Berthier *

Pierre de Guingand Pierre de Guingand (June 6, 1885 - June 10, 1964) was a French stage and film actor. He portrayed Aramis in the 1921 version of ''The Three Musketeers'' and appeared in another silent swashbuckler ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' in 1925.Rainey p.70 Selecte ...

as Thélis *

Daniel Mendaille Daniel Mendaille (27 November 1885 – 17 May 1963) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years. Early life Born Daniel Henri Élie Mendaille in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mendaille studied architecture at the Académi ...

as Deschamps *

René Donnio René Donnio (29 August 1889 – 2 January 1934) was a French film actor.Goble p.307 Selected filmography * '' Tillers of the Soil'' (1923) * ''That Scoundrel Morin'' (1924) * '' The Crew'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * '' Coquecigrole'' (1931 ...

as Mécanicien * Robert Astruc as Neuville * Charles Barrois as Marbot * Belleville * Robby Guichard as Georges * Mitchell as Le médecin *

Henri Monteux Henri Philippe Moïse Monteux (born Paris, 23 February 1874, died Sachsenhausen, 12 April 1943) was a French theatre and film actor, and an elder brother of the conductor Pierre Monteux. His family was descended from Sephardic Jews who settled in ...

as Mathieu * Thèvenet

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2001.

External links

* 1928 films 1920s war drama films French war drama films Films directed by Maurice Tourneur French silent feature films World War I aviation films French black-and-white films 1928 drama films Silent war drama films 1920s French films 1920s French-language films Films based on French novels French-language war drama films {{1920s-France-film-stub