''The Red Robe'' sometimes translated as ''The Red Dress'' (French: ''La robe rouge'') is a 1933 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

Jean de Marguenat Jean de Marguenat (2 May 1893 – 16 April 1956) was a French screenwriter and film director. He directed nineteen films including the 1937 British musical ''The Street Singer (1937 film), The Street Singer'' (1937). Earlier in his life de Margu ...

and starring Constant Remy, Suzanne Rissler and

Marcelle Praince Marcelle Praince (9 June 1882 – 26 October 1969) was a French actress. Praince was born Célestine Cardi in Vigeois, Corrèze, France and died in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines. Praince acted in dozens of films and appeared in stage product ...

.Mazdon & Wheatley p.36 It is based on a 1900 play by

Eugène Brieux Eugène Brieux (; 19 January 18586 December 1932) was a French dramatist. Biography Brieux grew up as the son of a carpenter in modest circumstances in the Temple District of Paris (3rd Arrondissement). His schooling was limited to attending th ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Aimé Bazin.

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References

Bibliography

* Lucy Mazdon & Catherine Wheatley. ''Je T Aime... Moi Non Plus: Franco-British Cinematic Relations''. Berghahn Books, 2010.

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* 1933 films French drama films 1933 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jean de Marguenat French films based on plays Gaumont (company) films French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films scored by Adolphe Borchard Films based on works by Eugène Brieux {{1930s-France-film-stub