The Call of Silence

The Call of Silence, also screened as The Call (French: L'Appel du Silence), is a 1936 French drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jean Yonnel, Pierre de Guingand and Jacqueline Francell. It is a biography based on the life of the Catholic missionary Charles de Foucauld.

Plot

Charles de Foucauld travels the Sahara as a missionary. He is killed by local bandits.

Cast

• Jean Yonnel as Charles de Foucauld
• Pierre de Guingand as Général Laperrine
• Jacqueline Francell as Mademoiselle X
• Alice Tissot as La femme du notaire
• Suzanne Bianchetti as La femme du monde
• Pierre Juvenet as Le colonel
• Thomy Bourdelle as Un général
• André Nox
• Pierre Nay as Le marquis de Morès
• Fred Pasquali
• Auguste Bovério
• Alexandre Mihalesco
• Fernand Francell
• Jeanne Marie-Laurent
• Georges Cahuzac
• Jean Kolb
• Henri Defreyn
• Maurice Schutz
• Victor Vina
• Émile Saint-Ober
• Maurice de Canonge
• Pierre Darteuil
• Pierre Athon as Lieutenant de Guissart
• René Bergeron
• Jean Buquet
• Mireille Monard as Pianist
• Francia Seguy

References

Bibliography

• Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.

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