The Patriot (1938 film)
The Patriot is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir and Suzy Prim. The film was based on a novel by Alfred Neumann which had previously been turned into a 1928 American silent film The Patriot starring Emil Jannings. It was made by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis Film. The sets were designed by the Russian-born art director Alexandre Lochakoff.
The film portrays the life of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
Cast
- Harry Baur as Le tsar Paul 1er
- Pierre Renoir as Pahlen
- Suzy Prim as Anna Ostermann
- Jacques Varennes as Panin
- Elmire Vautier as La tsarine
- Geller
- Nicolas Rimsky as Yocov
- André Carnège as Zoubov
- Fernand Mailly as L'amiral
- Jacques Mattler as Le commandant disgrâcié
- Robert Seller as Narichkine
- André Varennes as Le ministre de la guerre
- Victor Vina
- Paula Clère as L'espionne
- Gérard Landry as Le tsarévitch
- Colette Darfeuil as Lopouchina
- Josette Day as Nadia
- Jacques Berlioz as Un diplomate
- Roméo Carlès
- Marguerite de Morlaye
- Maurice Devienne
- Ernest Ferny as Le juge