CAPTAIN FRACASSE (1929) Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers & Charles Boyer | Adventure |B&W|Timeless Film

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Captain Fracasse (French: Le capitaine Fracasse) is a 1929 French silent adventure film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and Henry Wulschleger and starring Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers and Charles Boyer. It is based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Théophile Gautier.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erik Aaes.

Synopsis:

Capt. Fracasse, a down-on-his-luck nobleman, gives shelter at his estate one night to a troupe of traveling actors. He falls in love with Isabelle, an actress with the group. The next day, as they prepare to leave, he decides to join them, seeing as how his future looks none too promising where he is, but mainly to be with Isabelle. Along the way, however, Isabelle is kidnapped by a villainous nobleman who wants her for himself. Capt. Fracasse must ride to the rescue of his beloved.

Cast & Crew :

Pierre Blanchar as Baron de Sigognac / Le capitaine Fracasse
Lien Deyers as Isabelle
Charles Boyer as Duc de Vallombreuse
Daniel Mendaille as Agostin
Pola Illéry as Chiquita
Marie-Thérèse Vincent as Séraphine
Odette Josylla as Zerbine
Marguerite Moreno as Dame Léonarde
Armand Numès as Blazius
Paul Quevedo as Leander
Paul Velsa as Matamore
René Bergeron as Scapín
Léon Courtois as Herode
Georges Benoît
Clairette de Savoye
Alexandre Vargas

Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti, Henry Wulschleger
Written by: Alberto Cavalcanti (screenplay), based on the novel by Théophile Gautier
Produced by: P.J. de Venloo
Cinematography: Mario Badouaille
Production Company: Lutèce Films
Distributed by: Films P.J. de Venloo
Release Date: 15 February 1929
Running Time: 92 minutes
Country: France
Language: Silent (French intertitles)