In the Service of the Tsar

In the Service of the Tsar
Directed byPierre Billon
Written byJacques Companéez
Bernard Zimmer
Produced byAdolphe Osso
Michel Safra
StarringPierre Richard-Willm
Véra Korène
Suzy Prim
CinematographyNikolai Toporkoff
Edited byGeorges Friedland
Music byMichel Michelet
Production
company
Diana Film
Distributed byLes Films H. Roussillon
Release date
  • 13 November 1936 (1936-11-13)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

In the Service of the Tsar (French: Au service du tsar) is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Véra Korène and Suzy Prim.[1][2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Kainer and Aimé Bazin.

Synopsis

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In the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century, an attractive female revolutionary enlist the unwitting help of an army officer to cross the border. She plans to assassinate a grand duke, but romantic complications fall in the way.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Crisp p.321
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.172

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935–1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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