In the Service of the Tsar

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.

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
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

In the Russian Empire at the turn of the Twentieth 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

References

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

Bibliography

  • 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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