Movies:
Captain Fracasse |
DVD Release
- Release Date: 2002
- Two optional music tracks: a contemporary jazz score by clarinetist Michel Portal and period French piano music by Neal Kurz
- A major rediscovery of high silent cinema
- Digitally mastered from a 35mm tinted print
- Cast, crew and musician bios
- Genre: Adventure
- Movie Type: Costume Adventure, Swashbuckler
- Themes: Daring Rescues, Assumed Identities
- Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
- Main Cast: Lien Deyers, Marguerite Moreno, Pierre Blanchar, Charles Boyer
- Release Year: 1929
- Country: FR
Plot
The first of three film versions of Theophile Gautier's popular adventure novel Le Capitaine Fracasse was co-written and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti in 1929. Pierre Blanchar essays the title character, who when first we see him is impoverished nobleman Baron de Solignac. Living a solitary existence in his crumbling ancestral castle, the Baron's existence is brightened by the visit of a travelling harlequin troupe. Falling in love with Isabella (Lien Dyers), the troupe's leading lady, the Baron joins the strolling players, assuming the stage "persona" of Captain Fracasse. In this guise, our hero performs various and sundry feats of derring-do, culminating with his rescue of Isabella from the clutches of the evil Duke de Vallombreuse. Future Hollywood screen idol Charles Boyer shows up in a choice supporting role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideCast
- Lien Deyers
- Marguerite Moreno
- Pierre Blanchar
- Charles Boyer
René Bergeron
Pola Illery
Alberto Cavalcanti
Daniel Mendaille
Georges Benoit
