The Citadel of Silence
La Citadelle du silence
Release: 1937-06-03
·Runtime: 98m
Drama
During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
Cast
Pierre Renoir
as Colonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
Fernand Bellan
as (uncredited)
Paul Amiot
as Vladorowsky
Philippe Richard
Robert Le Vigan
as Granoff, prison Chief (uncredited)
Pierre Alcover
as The Governor of Warsaw
Mady Berry
as The landlady of the hotel
Georges Lannes
as Kerlov (uncredited)
Henry Darbray
Alexandre Rignault
as The guardian
Guy Decomble
as (uncredited)
Claire Gérard
as The nanny
André Nox
Georges Saillard
as An insurgent
José Squinquel
as The captain
Roger Blin
as Officer (uncredited)
Annabella
as Viana Volonska
Bernard Lancret
as César Birsky
Pauline Carton
as The landlady
Georges Melchior
as Nevitzky
Denise Jovelet
as Vania as a child (uncredited)
Fabien Loris
as The 836
Marguerite Pierry
as The other landlady
Pierre Larquey
as Bartek
Marcel Rouzé
as Officer at the citadel (uncredited)
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
as The butler's daughter
Gilberte Géniat
as Catherine
Marthe Mellot
as Joséphine
Lucas Gridoux
as The spy
