The New Men
Directed byMarcel L'Herbier
Written byMarcel L'Herbier
Based onThe New Men by Claude Farrère
Produced byAlbert Lauzin
Starring
CinematographyRobert Lefebvre
Edited byJacques Manuel
Music byMarius-François Gaillard
Production
company
Les Films Albert Lauzin
Distributed byLes Films Albert Lauzin
Release date
  • 4 March 1936 (1936-03-04)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The New Men (French: Les Hommes nouveaux) is a 1936 French drama film written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Harry Baur, Natalie Paley and Gabriel Signoret.[1] The film was based on the novel of the same title by Claude Farrère, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film.[2] [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Synopsis

In the early decades of the twentieth century, a group of adventurers are encouraged to settle the southern area of French Morocco. The plot follows the rise of one of these "new men" Bourron, a former docker.

Cast

  • Harry Baur as Bourron
  • Natalie Paley as Christiane
  • Gabriel Signoret as Maréchal Lyautey de Tolly
  • Max Michel as Henri de Chassagnes
  • Claude Sainval as Jean de Sainte-Foy
  • Sylvio De Pedrelli as Medhani, the gangster boss
  • Jean Marais as the clerk
  • André Numès Fils as Roussignol
  • René Bergeron as Mingasse
  • Marie-Jacqueline Chantal as the nurse
  • Gustave Gallet as Clémenceau
  • Ben Gassin as Zerfatti
  • André Carnège as the commander
  • Hugues de Bagratide as an officier
  • Paul Amiot as D'Amade

References

  1. Andrew & Ungar p.425
  2. Goble p.152
  3. Les Hommes nouveaux (1936) at the Films de France

Bibliography

  • Andrew, Dudley & Ungar, Steven. Popular Front Paris and the Poetics of Culture. Harvard University Press, 2005.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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