Crainquebille is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Félicien Tramel, Rachel Devirys and Jeanne Fusier-Gir.Bessy & Chirat p.345 It is based on the 1901 story L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film Crainquebille directed by Jacques Feyder.Goble p.165 The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.
Synopsis A Paris costermonger is sentence to fifteen days in prison for insulting a police officer. On his release he finds himself shunned by his former customers, loses his business and develops suicidal feelings. He is revived by the kindness of a street boy from Montmartre who inspires him to rebuild his life.
Cast Félicien Tramel as Crainquebille Rachel Devirys as Madame Laure Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Madame Bayard Gaston Modot as L'agent Matra Émile Genevois as La Souris Bill Bocket as Martin René Hiéronimus as Maître Lemerle Carjol as Le président Bourriche Vincent Hyspa as Le docteur Mathieu Marcelle Monthil as Madame Masure Paulette Élambert as La petite Masure Marthe Mussine as Madame Mailloche
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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