Boissière (film) explained

Boissière
Director:	Fernand Rivers
Producer:	Fernand Rivers
Based On:	Boissière by Pierre Benoit
Starring:	Andrée Spinelly Pierre Renoir Suzanne Desprès
Music:	Henri Verdun
Cinematography:	Jean Bachelet
Editing:	Roger Mercanton
Studio:	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Distributor:	D.U.C.
Runtime:	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.^{[1] [2]} It is an adaptation of the 1935 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoit.^[3] 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

References

1. Bessy & Chirat p.185
2. Crisp p.124
3. Goble p.36

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.