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