The Citadel of Silence

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The Citadel of Silence
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Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Written by Jean Anouilh
André Cerf
T.H. Robert
J.J. Thoren
Produced by Joseph Lucachevitch
Starring Annabella
Pierre Renoir
Bernard Lancret
Cinematography Louis Née
Armand Thirard
Edited by Roger Spiri-Mercaton
Music by Darius Milhaud
Production
company
Impérial Film
Distributed bySEDIF
Release date
  • 3 June 1937 (1937-06-03)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

The Citadel of Silence (French: La citadelle du silence) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne.

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Synopsis

In Tsarist Russia before the First World War a young female revolutionary attempts to kill a senior official. It is her lover who is arrested however and to try and rescue him she becomes romantically close to the commander the fortress where he is imprisoned.

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References

  1. Driskell p.209

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