The Red Inn (1923 film)

The Red Inn
Directed byJean Epstein
Written byJean Epstein
Based onThe Red Inn by Honoré de Balzac
StarringGina Manès
Léon Mathot
Jean-David Évremond
CinematographyRaoul Aubourdier
Roger Hubert
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Frères
Release date
  • 28 September 1923 (1923-09-28)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

The Red Inn (French: L'Auberge rouge) is a 1923 French silent historical drama film directed by Jean Epstein and starring Gina Manès, Léon Mathot and Jean-David Évremond.[1] [2] It is based on the 1831 short story The Red Inn by Honoré de Balzac.[3] Location shooting took place at the Château de Vincennes.

Cast

  • Gina Manès as La Fille de L'Aubergiste
  • Marcelle Schmitt as Victorine
  • Madame Delaunay as La Sorcière
  • Clairette de Savoye as La Femme de L'Aubergiste
  • Léon Mathot as Prosper Magnan
  • Jean-David Évremond as Frédéric Taillefer
  • Pierre Hot as L'Aubergiste
  • Jacques Christiany as André
  • Robert Tourneur as Herman
  • Thomy Bourdelle as Le Hollandais
  • Luc Dartagnan as Joueur D'Accordéon
  • René Ferté as Juge
  • Henri Barat as Juge
  • André Volbert as Juge

References

  1. ^ Rège p.364
  2. ^ Neupert p.124
  3. ^ Goble p.111

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Neupert, Richard. French Film History, 1895–1946. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2022.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.