The New Men (film)

The New Men
Directed byMarcel L'Herbier
Written byMarcel L'Herbier
Based onThe New Men by Claude Farrère
Produced byAlbert Lauzin
Starring
CinematographyRobert Lefebvre
Edited byJacques Manuel
Music byMarius-François Gaillard
Production
company
Les Films Albert Lauzin
Distributed byLes Films Albert Lauzin
Release date
  • 4 March 1936 (1936-03-04)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The New Men (French: Les Hommes nouveaux) is a 1936 French drama film written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Harry Baur, Natalie Paley and Gabriel Signoret.[1] The film was based on the novel of the same title by Claude Farrère, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film.[2][3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Synopsis

In the early decades of the twentieth century, a group of adventurers are encouraged to settle the southern area of French Morocco. The plot follows the rise of one of these "new men" Bourron, a former docker.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Andrew & Ungar p.425
  2. ^ Goble p.152
  3. ^ Les Hommes nouveaux (1936) at the Films de France

Bibliography

  • Andrew, Dudley & Ungar, Steven. Popular Front Paris and the Poetics of Culture. Harvard University Press, 2005.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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