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Culprit (1917 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Culprit' (French: 'Le coupable') is a 1917 French silent drama film directed by Andr Antoine and starring Romuald Joub, Sylvie and Jacques Grtillat. It was based on a novel by Franois Coppe. In 1937 it was remade as a sound film 'Culprit'.
Plot
Chrtien Lescuyer is a prosecuting attorney whose defendant's son commits murder. The son abandons his pregnant mother to fight against a hostile world.
During the hearing, Chrtien Lescuyer talks about his story. Coming from a family of Norman notables, and exercising the profession of magistrate from father to son, the young Christian's father sent him to Paris to complete his law studies. One day, Franois Donnadieu, a sculptor, a childhood friend, invites him to go to his country house, which is in Vaugirard, to spend Sunday there. It was during this visit that Chrtien met Hlose, Donnadieu's girlfriend and seamstress by profession, as well as the young Perrinette Forgeat, a florist by profession, with whom he fell in love.
Restoring
This film was restored in 1987 by the Cinmathque Franaise, with the help of the Muse d'Orsay and the participation of the Kodak Path foundation. The restoration of the film was possible thanks to the loan of a copy held by the Cinematheque of Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Cast
*Romuald Joub as Chrtien Lescuyer
*Sylvie as Louise Rameau
*Jacques Grtillat as Prosper Aubry
* as Donadieu - the sculptor
* as Perrinette
*Mona Gondr as Chrtien - as a child
* as Grosse Caisse
*Ren Rocher as Chrtien Forgeat
References
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