The Patriot (French: Le patriote) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir and Suzy Prim. The film was based on a novel by Alfred Neumann which had previously been turned into a 1928 American silent film The Patriot starring Emil Jannings. It was made by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis Film. The sets were designed by the Russian-born art director Alexandre Lochakoff.
The film portrays the life of Tsar Paul I of Russia.Waldman p.156
Cast Harry Baur as Le tsar Paul 1er Pierre Renoir as Pahlen Suzy Prim as Anna Ostermann Jacques Varennes as Panin Elmire Vautier as La tsarine Geller Nicolas Rimsky as Yocov André Carnège as Zoubov Fernand Mailly as L'amiral Jacques Mattler as Le commandant disgrâcié Robert Seller as Narichkine André Varennes as Le ministre de la guerre Victor Vina Paula Clère as L'espionne Gérard Landry as Le tsarévitch Colette Darfeuil as Lopouchina Josette Day as Nadia Jacques Berlioz as Un diplomate Roméo Carlès Marguerite de Morlaye Maurice Devienne Ernest Ferny as Le juge
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Bibliography Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.
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