- L' Homme du large
Infobox Film
name = L' Homme du large
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director =Marcel L'Herbier
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writer =Honoré de Balzac (novel)
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cinematography = George Lucas
editing =Jaque Catelain ,Marcel L'Herbier
distributor =Gaumont Série Pax
released =3 December 1920
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country = flagicon|FranceFrance
language =Silent film
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imdb_id = 0011302"L' Homme du large" (Man of the Sea) is a 1920 full length French
silent film directed byMarcel L'Herbier based on a novel byHonoré de Balzac . It was filmed on the windy coast ofBrittany creating atmosphere in a film about the forces of good and evil that motivate human behaviour.Plot
Nolff, a fisherman on the coast of Brittany, has aspirations that his son Michel will follow in his career path. However, Michel, a young rebel has different ideas and wastes his days and nights with his dissolute friends in the nearby town. When his mother passes away, Michel steals the money left by her to his sister Dejenna. Furious when he finds out, Nolff seizes his son and casts him out to sea in an open boat, to teach him a lesson or two.
Cast
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Jaque Catelain ... Michel
*Roger Karl ... Nolff
*Charles Boyer ... Guenn la Taupe
*Philippe Hériat ... Le protecteur
*Marcelle Pradot ... Djenna
*Claire Prélia ... La mère
*Claude Autant-Lara ... Un des copains
*Dimitri Dragomir ... Un des copains
*Suzanne Doris ... Lia
*Lili Samuel ... La lesbienne
*Georges Forois ... Le pêcheur
*Pâquerette ... La tenancièreExternal links
*imdb title|id=0011302|title=L' Homme du large
* [http://www.filmsdefrance.com/FDF_L_homme_du_large_rev.html PAGENAME at Filmsdefrance.com]
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