''The Scarlet Bazaar'' (French: ''La kermesse rouge'') is a 1947 French

historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

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

Paul Mesnier Paul Mesnier (3 August 1904 in Saint-Étienne – 7 July 1988) was a French film director. He was married to the actress Andrée Servilanges. Filmography ;Director * 1937 in the movies, 1937 : ''Le Chemin de lumière'' * 1938 in the movies, 1 ...

and starring

Albert Préjean Albert Préjean (; 27 October 1894 – 1 November 1979) was a French actor, primarily in film. He served in World War I, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour. With Lysiane Rey, he was the father of Patr ...

Andrée Servilanges Andrée Servilanges (1911–2001) was a French stage and film actress. She was married to the film director Paul Mesnier. In 1934 she starred in Robert Bresson's directorial debut, the short film ''Public Affairs''.Pipolo p.395 Selected filmograph ...

and

Jean Tissier Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmogr ...

.Burnett p.62 It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. 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 ...

Marcel Magniez Marcel Magniez (born 1888) was a French art director who designed sets for around forty film productions from the late 1920s to the early 1950s.Soister p.281 Selected filmography * '' Parisian Pleasures'' (1927) * ''A Dog That Pays Off'' (1932) ...

Synopsis

The film portrays the fictional rivalry between two painters, a man and wife, that concludes with an incident based on a real-life 1897 fire in Paris.

Main cast

as Claude Sironi *

as Agnès Bonnardet-Sironi *

as René de Montbriant *

Germaine Kerjean Germaine Kerjean (1893–1975) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.306 She spent a decade with the Comédie-Française. In films she frequently played character role A character actor is an actor known for playing unusual, eccentric, ...

as Mme Bonnardet *

Lucas Gridoux Lucas Gridoux (16 April 1896 – 22 April 1952) was a Romanian-born France, French stage actor, stage and film actor.Lanzoni p. 99 Biography He was born in 1896 in Hertsa, Herța, at the time in Dorohoi County, Kingdom of Romania. After emigrating ...

as L'antiquaire *

Émile Drain Émile Drain (1890–1966) was a French actor and comedian. In 1925, he starred as Napoleon with Gloria Swanson in '' Madame Sans-Gêne''. In 1927 he played ''Napoleon'' in the Donald Crisp directed '' The Fighting Eagle''. In 1948, he appeared, ...

as Le révérend dominicain *

Léon Arvel Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

as M. Bonnardet * Hélène Tossy as Tante Élisabeth *

Marthe Mellot Marthe Mellot (16 February 1870 – 13 August 1947) was a French film actress. Marthe Mellot was born in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France, and died in Paris. Selected filmography * '' Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1925) * ''That Scoundrel Morin ...

as Rose de St-Aubin *

Nina Myral Nina Myral, stage name of Eugénie, Hortense Gruel, (26 June 1884 – 30 March 1975) was a 20th-century French actress, dancer and singer. Filmography * 1916: ''Paris pendant la guerre'' by Henri Diamant-Berger * 1917: ''Ils y viennent tous a ...

as Éléonore de St-Aubin *

Marcelle Rexiane Marcelle may refer to: *Marcelle, a French feminine version of Marcel Given name * Marcelle Auclair (1899–1983), French novelist, biographer, journalist and poet * Marcelle Arnold (1917–2010), French film, stage and television actress * M ...

as La gouvernante *

Colette Régis Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280 Selected filmography * ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt * (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux * '' Three from St Cyr'' ...

as La duchesse d'Alençon

References

Bibliography

* Burnett, Colin. ''The Invention of Robert Bresson: The Auteur and His Market''. Indiana University Press, 2016.

External links

* 1947 films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Paul Mesnier 1940s historical drama films French historical drama films Films set in Paris French black-and-white films 1947 drama films 1940s French films Films scored by Maurice Thiriet Films shot at Cité Elgé Studios French-language historical drama films {{1940s-France-film-stub