Michel Strogoff (1936 film)
Michel Strogoff is a 1936 French historical adventure film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and Richard Eichberg and starring Anton Walbrook, Colette Darfeuil and Armand Bernard.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1876 novel Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne. A separate German version The Czar's Courier was also made.
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| Directed by | Jacques de Baroncelli Richard Eichberg |
| Produced by | Joseph N. Ermolieff |
| Written by | Jules Verne (novel) Jean Bernard-Luc Hans Kyser Jacques Natanson T.H. Robert |
| Starring | Anton Walbrook Colette Darfeuil Armand Bernard |
| Music by | Hans Sommer |
| Cinematography | Ewald Daub A.O. Weitzenberg |
| Edited by | Jean Delannoy |
Production company | Les Productions Ermolieff |
| Distributed by | Films Sonores Tobis |
Release date | 10 March 1936 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Lochakoff. It was made by the French subsidiary of Tobis Film and shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place mainly in Bulgaria and at the Johannisthal Air Field.
Cast
- Anton Walbrook as Michel Strogoff
- Colette Darfeuil as Sangarre
- Armand Bernard as Harry Blount
- Charles Vanel as Ivan Ogareff
- Yvette Lebon as Nadia Fédor
- Marcelle Worms as Marfa
- Fernand Charpin as Alcide Jolivet
- Victor Vina as Le tsar
- Camille Bert as Le grand-duc
- Bernhard Goetzke as Feofar Khan
- René Stern as Le général Kirsanoff
- Bill Bocket as Wassily
See also
- The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
References
- The A to Z of French Cinema p.38
Bibliography
- Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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