Boissière (film)

Boissière
Directed by	Fernand Rivers
Written by	Fernand Rivers Pierre Benoit
Based on	Boissière by Pierre Benoit
Produced by	Fernand Rivers
Starring	Andrée Spinelly Pierre Renoir Suzanne Desprès
Cinematography	Jean Bachelet
Edited by	Roger Mercanton
Music by	Henri Verdun
Production company	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Distributed by	D.U.C.
Release date	27 May 1937
Running time	91 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Boissière is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Fernand Rivers and starring Andrée Spinelly, Pierre Renoir and Suzanne Desprès. It is an adaptation of the 1935 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoit. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Cast

• Andrée Spinelly as Adlone Hébert
• Pierre Renoir as Le général baron von Hubner
• Suzanne Desprès as Catherine Vandehove
• Lucien Nat as Jean Le Barois
• Pauline Carton as Estelle
• Andrée Ducret as Madame Le Barois
• Augustine Prieur as Françoise Faget
• Paulette Élambert as La petite Lucile
• Ducellier as La mère Thérèse
• Marie Marcilly as Une vieille femme
• Jean Yonnel as Hector Le Barois
• Serge Grave as Le petit Jean
• Rivers Cadet as Estève
• Jean Périer as Charles Le Barois
• Paul Velsa as Vigouroux
• Ernest Ferny as Walrand
• Henri Darcet as L'imitateur de Maillol

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• 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.

External links

• Boissière at IMDb