The Call of Silence
The Call of Silence, also screened as The Call, is a 1936 French drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jean Yonnel, Pierre [de Guingand] and Jacqueline Francell. It is a biography based on the life of the Catholic missionary Charles de Foucauld.
Plot
Charles de Foucauld travels the Sahara as a missionary. He is killed by local bandits.Cast
- Jean Yonnel as Charles de Foucauld
- Pierre de Guingand as Général Laperrine
- Jacqueline Francell as Mademoiselle X
- Alice Tissot as La femme du notaire
- Suzanne Bianchetti as La femme du monde
- Pierre Juvenet as Le colonel
- Thomy Bourdelle as Un général
- André Nox
- Pierre Nay as Le marquis de Morès
- Fred Pasquali
- Auguste Bovério
- Alexandre Mihalesco
- Fernand Francell
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent
- Georges Cahuzac
- Jean Kolb
- Henri Defreyn
- Maurice Schutz
- Victor Vina
- Émile Saint-Ober
- Maurice de Canonge
- Pierre Darteuil
- Pierre Athon as Lieutenant de Guissart
- René Bergeron
- Jean Buquet
- Mireille Monard as Pianist
- Francia Seguy