Temptation (French: La Tentation) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Pierre Caron and starring Marie Bell, Antonin Berval and Gina Manès.Bessy & Chirat p.185Crisp p.409 It was based on a 1924 stage play of the same title by Charles Méré. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou.
Synopsis The marriaged Irène de Bergue is courted by two men but remains loyal to her husband, despite his affairs. When her husband is killed in suspicious circumstances it appears that one of her potential lovers has had a hand in it.
Cast Marie Bell as Irène de Bergue Antonin Berval as Robert Henri Rollan as Maurice Brinon Gina Manès as Claire Raymond Cordy as Lutard Arlette Dubreuil as Madame de Beauchamp Hélène Pépée as Loulou Garneret Georges Péclet as M. de Beauchamp Serjius as Philippe de Bergue
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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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