Patrie (1946 film)

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Patrie

Directed by	Louis Daquin
Written by	Pierre Bost Charles Spaak Louis Daquin
Based on	Patrie by Victorien Sardou
Produced by	Arys Nissotti Pierre O'Connell Georges Lourau
Starring	Pierre Blanchar Maria Mauban Jean Desailly
Cinematography	André Bac Nicolas Hayer
Edited by	Suzanne de Troeye
Music by	Jean Wiener
Production company	Filmsonor Marceau
Distributed by	Régina Distribution
Release date	23 September 1946 (1946-09-23)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Patrie (English: Country) is a 1946 French historical drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Pierre Blanchar, Maria Mauban and Jean Desailly.^[1] It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] Like the 1917 silent film of the same title it is based on the 1869 play by Victorien Sardou.^[3] It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

Plot

In Brussels in the 1560s the rebelling Flemish nobles are battling the Spanish under the Duke of Alba. The Count De Rysoor, a prominent leader, is planning an uprising aiming to hold the city until relief from William of Orange can arrive. When he discovers an affair his wife is having with a fellow officer, he at first turns a blind eye to it as he always puts his country before his private concerns. However it soon begins to put the whole conspiracy at risk.

Cast

Pierre Blanchar as Le comte de Rysoor
Jean Desailly as Karloo
Maria Mauban as La comtesse de Rysoor
Lucien Nat as Duke of Alba
Pierre Dux as Jonas
Julien Bertheau as William of Orange
Louis Seigner as Vargas
Pierre Asso as Pablo
Marcel Lupovici as Del Rio
Mireille Perrey as Catherine Jonas
Nathalie Nattier as La camériste
Marie Leduc as Donna Rafaela
Fernand René as Un échevin
Louis Florencie as Un échevin
Jacqueline Duc as La mariée
Guy Decomble as Un échevin

References

^ Sieglohr p.50
^ "Festival de Cannes: Patrie". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
^ Goble p.904

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Sieglohr, Ulrike. Heroines Without Heroes: Reconstructing Female and National Identities in European Cinema, 1945-51. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.

External links

Patrie at IMDb
Patrie at AllMovie

v t e Films directed by Louis Daquin
Portrait of Innocence (1941) Strange Inheritance (1943) First on the Rope (1944) Patrie (1946) The Bouquinquant Brothers (1947) Daybreak (1949) The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949) Skipper Next to God (1951) Bel Ami (1955) The Thistles of the Baragan (1958) The Opportunists (1960)

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