The Patriot (1938 film)

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The Patriot
Le patriote - movie poster.jpg
French movie poster
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Written by Henri Jeanson
Arnold Lippschitz
Based onThe Patriot by Alfred Neumann
Produced by Nicolas Farkas
Starring Harry Baur
Pierre Renoir
Suzy Prim
Jacques Varennes
Cinematography Louis Née
Armand Thirard
Edited by Roger Mercanton
Music by Jacques Ibert
Production
company
F.C.L.
Distributed by Films Sonores Tobis
Release date
  • 10 June 1938 (1938-06-10)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

The Patriot (French: Le patriote) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir and Suzy Prim. The film was based on a novel by Alfred Neumann which had previously been turned into a 1928 American silent film The Patriot starring Emil Jannings. It was made by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis Film. The sets were designed by the Russian-born art director Alexandre Lochakoff.

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The film portrays the life of Tsar Paul I of Russia. [1]

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  1. Waldman p.156

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