Jocelyn
About Jocelyn
During the anti-religious terror of the French Revolution, Jocelyn leaves the monastery where he has been staying. He befriends a youth who turns out to be a girl. His former bishop calls him back to duty.
Cast & crew
More about Jocelyn
Léon Poirier directed and adapted Alphonse de Lamartine's poem. Jean Letort photographed it. Robert-Jules Garnier designed the sets. Exteriors were shot at Entraunes. Gaumont Série Pax produced it. French Wikipedia gives 90 minutes. Armand Tallier plays Jocelyn. Laurence Myrga plays Laurence. Suzanne Bianchetti plays his sister Julie. Pierre Blanchar plays Lamartine. Roger Karl plays the bishop.
Themes
Background
The story is set in the Revolution's campaign against the clergy.
Making
Poirier took the Lamartine poem to the mountains at Entraunes for the exteriors.
Look
Jean Letort photographed the Entraunes exteriors and the monastery scenes.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent plays Jocelyn's mother. Thomy Bourdelle plays the executioner.
- L'Intransigeant of October 26, 1922, printed a travel note on the Entraunes shoot.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-jocelyn.
- The French page lists no day of release, only 1922.
Scenes
- Jocelyn leaves the monastery during the terror.
- The bishop calls him back to duty.
Influenced by
- Alphonse de Lamartine's poem Jocelyn
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-jocelyn)
