The Call of Silence

The Call of Silence
Directed by	Léon Poirier
Written by	Léon Poirier
Produced by	Léon Poirier
Starring	Jean Yonnel Pierre de Guingand Jacqueline Francell
Cinematography	Goudard Georges Georges Million
Music by	Claude Delvincourt
Production company	Societé Artistique Commerciale et Industrielle
Distributed by	Compagnie Industrielle Cinématographique
Release date	1 May 1936
Running time	109 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Call of Silence, also screened as The Call (French: L'Appel du Silence), 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

Bibliography

• Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

• The Call of Silence at IMDb