Petit ange et son pantin
About Petit ange et son pantin
Petit Ange, six years old, looks after her mother Gisèle Aubry, a typist whose husband has left. The banker Kaan presses Gisèle with dishonest offers. On a train the child meets Félix Morand, lets people think he is her father, and breaks up the marriage he was heading toward. She then pushes him toward Gisèle, who agrees to marry him.
Cast & crew
More about Petit ange et son pantin
Luitz-Morat directed and wrote the script with Alfred Vercourt. Franck Daniaud-Johnston was the cinematographer. Pathé Consortium Cinéma was the original distributor. The French feature catalogue lists the length as 1,700 meters. It opened in France on December 28, 1923.
Background
A French silent feature of late 1923, built around child actress Régine Dumien.
Making
Luitz-Morat shot it for his own company, Films Luitz-Morat, and Pathé Consortium released it.
Look
Franck Daniaud-Johnston was the cinematographer.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Régine Dumien plays Petit Ange, Emilia Virgo-Nauty plays Gisèle, and Gabriel de Gravone plays Félix Morand.
- Henri Collen plays the banker Kaan. Pâquerette plays Gisèle's mother.
- A SensCritique listing gives a running time of 22 minutes, far shorter than 1,700 meters.
Scenes
- Petit Ange lets strangers on the train take Félix for her father.
- She steers Félix away from his wedding and toward Gisèle.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Petit Ange et son pantin (1923).webm)
