Patrie
Directed byLouis Daquin
Written byPierre Bost
Charles Spaak
Louis Daquin
Based onPatrie by Victorien Sardou
Produced byArys Nissotti
Pierre O'Connell
Georges Lourau
StarringPierre Blanchar
Maria Mauban
Jean Desailly
CinematographyAndré Bac
Nicolas Hayer
Edited bySuzanne de Troeye
Music byJean Wiener
Production
company
Filmsonor Marceau
Distributed byRégina Distribution
Release date
  • 23 September 1946 (1946-09-23)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Patrie (English: Country) is a 1946 French historical drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Pierre Blanchar, Maria Mauban and Jean Desailly.[1] It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Like the 1917 silent film of the same title it is based on the 1869 play by Victorien Sardou.[3] It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

Plot

In Brussels in the 1560s the rebelling Flemish nobles are battling the Spanish under the Duke of Alba. The Count De Rysoor, a prominent leader, is planning an uprising aiming to hold the city until relief from William of Orange can arrive. When he discovers an affair his wife is having with a fellow officer, he at first turns a blind eye to it as he always puts his country before his private concerns. However it soon begins to put the whole conspiracy at risk.

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References

  1. ^ Sieglohr p.50
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Patrie". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  3. ^ Goble p.904

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