Le Duel is a French film directed by Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France in 1897, he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film...

, released in 1939

1939 in film

The year 1939 in motion pictures can be justified as being called the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year .- Events :Motion picture historians and film often rate...

. It is the only film directed by Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France in 1897, he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film...

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Résumé

A widow is loved by a doctor whose brother, a priest, unwittingly falls in love with the young woman, who is persuaded to enter the convent. Put on the right path by a missionary, the priest blesses the marriage of his brother.

Details

1939 comedy: Length 84'- B&W

• Co-writer Jean VILLARD
• Director : Pierre Fresnay
  Pierre Fresnay
  Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France in 1897, he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film...
  
  
• Writers : Henri-Georges Clouzot
  Henri-Georges Clouzot
  Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s...
  
   and Henri Lavedan
  Henri Lavedan
  Henri Léon Emile Lavedan , French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orléans, the son of Hubert Léon Lavedan, a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist....
  
  
• Year : 1939
• After the novel by Henri LAVEDAN
• Director of photography Robert JUILLARD and Christian MATRAS
• Music by Maurice YVAIN

Starring

• Pierre Fresnay
  Pierre Fresnay
  Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France in 1897, he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film...
  
   : Père Daniel Maurey
• Raimu
  Raimu
  Raimu was the stage name for the French actor Jules Auguste Muraire .-Biography:Born in Toulon in the Var département, he made his stage debut there in 1899. After coming to the attention of the then great music hall star Félix Mayol who was also from Toulon, in 1908 he was given a chance to work...
  
   : Père Bolène
• François Périer
  François Périer
  François Périer, , born François Pillu in Paris, was one of France's most distinguished actors.He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his most notable parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains...
  
   : François
• Anthony Carretier : Jaillon
• Yvonne Printemps
  Yvonne Printemps
  Yvonne Printemps was a French singer and actress.-Biography:Born Yvonne Wigniolle, she made her debut at the age of 12 in a revue at La Cigale in Paris. She was dancing at the Folies Bergère at age 13...
  
   : Thérèse Jaillon
• Raymond Rouleau : Dr. Pierre Maurey
• Paul Demange : le narrateur
• Nina Sinclair : la patiente
• Arlette Balkis
• Raymond Destac
• Marfa Dhervilly
• Gabrielle Fontan
  Gabrielle Fontan
  Gabrielle Fontan was a French film actress. She appeared in 125 films between 1927 and 1959.-Selected filmography:* Partie de campagne * Sylvie et le fantôme * Une si jolie petite plage...
  
  
• Simone Gauthier
• Georges Marceau
• Alexandre Mihalesco
• André Numès
• Manécanterie des Petits Chanteurs à la croix de bois