Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
About Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
After the Revolution, the Marquis de la Seiglière (Félix Huguenet) comes back to France. His estate had been sold as national property and bought by the farmer Stamply (Charles Granval), who gives it back. The marquis lets the old man keep a corner of the manor. Hélène (Huguette Duflos) is the marquis's daughter. Stamply's son Bernard (Romuald Joubé) dies on the retreat from the Berezina.
Cast & crew
More about Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
André Antoine directed, with Georges Denola assisting, from Jules Sandeau's 1847 novel. Produced by S.C.G.A.L. for Pathé and released by Pathé-Consortium-Cinéma. A trade show was held on 25 January 1921. It opened in Paris at the Omnia Pathé on 4 March 1921. The year kept for the title is 1920.
Themes
Background
Antoine's film of Sandeau's novel about an émigré marquis and the farmer who bought, then returned, the nationalized estate.
Look
Léonce-Henri Burel and René Guichard photographed the film at the Château Porgès in Rochefort-en-Yvelines.
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons, filed under the 1921 release date.
Notes
- Catherine Fonteney plays the Baroness de Vaubert.
- Charles Lamy plays Destournelles, an ambitious lawyer.
- Saturnin Fabre is in the cast.
- The Commons file is labeled 1921, the year of the Paris opening.
Scenes
- Stamply returns the manor he bought when it was sold as national property.
Influenced by
- Jules Sandeau's novel Mademoiselle de La Seiglière (1847)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Mademoiselle de la Seiglière (1921).webm)
