Gaspard de Besse
1935 film
- 18 December 1935 (1935-12-18)
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Gaspard de Besse is a 1935 French historical adventure film directed by André Hugon and starring Raimu, Antonin Berval and Nicole Vattier. It is an adaptation of the 1919 novel of the same title by Jean Aicard.[1] It is inspired by a historical figure active as a "Robin Hood" in pre-French Revolution Provence.[2]
Synopsis
After his father loses his house and possessions to a loan shark and is then murdered, Gaspard becomes an outlaw with his faithful sidekick Samplan. Their raids on the wealthy develop them a popular following in the countryside. However, both men ultimately come to a tragic end at the hands of the authorities.
Cast
- Raimu as Samplan
- Antonin Berval as Gaspard
- Nicole Vattier as Thérèse
- Milly Mathis as Toinon
- Janine Borelli as La voyageuse
- Jacqueline Laurent as La fille du geôlier
- Antoine Balpêtré as Cabasse
- Pierre Feuillère as Séraphin Cocarel
- Robert Vattier as La Griffe
- Pierre Juvenet as Le juge des Saquetes
- Paul Amiot as Le juge Cocarel
- Lucien Brulé as Le président Marin
- Georges Dorival as Mirabeau
- Jean Joffre as Maître Vincent
- Gaston Dubosc as Maître Bouis
- Armand Larcher as Pistolet
- Marcel Maupi as Tirebouchon
- Dalquier as Bedaine
- Fernand Flament as Le brigadier
- Frédéric Mariotti as Morillon
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- Temple, Michael & Witt, Michael (ed.) The French Cinema Book. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
External links
- Gaspard de Besse at IMDb
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Films directed by André Hugon
- Flower of Paris (1916)
- The Gold Chignon (1916)
- Anguish (1917)
- Sharks (1917)
- The Jackals (1917)
- Vertigo (1917)
- Mademoiselle Chiffon (1919)
- A Crime Has Been Committed (1919)
- The Fugitive (1920)
- Jacques Landauze (1920)
- Worthless Woman (1921)
- The Black Diamond (1922)
- King of the Camargue (1922)
- The Two Pigeons (1922)
- The Little Thing (1923)
- La gitanilla (1924)
- The Princess and the Clown (1924)
- The Thruster (1924)
- The Temple of Shadows (1927)
- Yasmina (1927)
- The Great Passion (1928)
- The Three Masks (1929)
- The Wedding March (1929)
- Levy and Company (1930)
- Tenderness (1930)
- If You Wish It (1932)
- Maurin of the Moors (1932)
- The Sandman (1932)
- Southern Cross (1932)
- The Illustrious Maurin (1933)
- Chourinette (1934)
- Gaspard de Besse (1935)
- Moses and Solomon, Perfumers (1935)
- The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy (1936)
- Mercadet (1936)
- Romarin (1937)
- Monsieur Bégonia (1937)
- Sarati the Terrible (1937)
- Heroes of the Marne (1938)
- Street Without Joy (1938)
- Moulin Rouge (1941)
- Three Argentines in Montmartre (1941)
- Room 13 (1942)
- The Exile's Song (1943)
- The Grand Hotel Affair (1946)
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