Crainquebille
Directed byJacques de Baroncelli
Written byJacques de Baroncelli
Based onL'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France
Produced byAimé Frapin
StarringFélicien Tramel
Rachel Devirys
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
CinematographyJean Bachelet
Edited byRoger Leenhardt
Paula Neurisse
Music byRoland Manuel
Production
company
Les Films Artistiques Français
Distributed bySociete d'Edition et de Location de Films
Release date
6 March 1934
Running time
65 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Crainquebille is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Félicien Tramel, Rachel Devirys and Jeanne Fusier-Gir.[1] It is based on the 1901 story L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film Crainquebille directed by Jacques Feyder.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.

Synopsis

A Paris costermonger is sentence to fifteen days in prison for insulting a police officer. On his release he finds himself shunned by his former customers, loses his business and develops suicidal feelings. He is revived by the kindness of a street boy from Montmartre who inspires him to rebuild his life.

Cast

References

  1. Bessy & Chirat p.345
  2. Goble p.165

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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