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25 June 1926 (France)
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Cast
(in credits order) | Catherine Hessling | ... | Nana |
| Pierre Lestringuez | ... | Bordenave (as Pierre Philippe) |
| Jacqueline Forzane | ... | La Comtesse Sabine Muffat |
| Werner Krauss | ... | Le Comte Muffat |
| Jean Angelo | ... | Le Comte de Vandeuvres |
| Raymond Guérin-Catelain | ... | Georges Hugon (as R. Guérin Catelain) |
| Claude Autant-Lara | ... | Fauchery (as Claude Moore) |
| Pierre Champagne | ... | Hector de la Faloise |
| Karl Harbacher | ... | Francis, le coiffeur (as Arbacher) |
| Valeska Gert | ... | Zoe, la femme de chambre |
| Jacqueline Ford | ... | Rose Mignon |
 | Dennis Price | ... | Le jockey de 'Nana' (as Price) |
| Gresham | ... | Le jockey de 'Lusignan' |
| Luc Dartagnan | ... | Maréchal, le bookmaker (as Dartagnan) |
| Nita Romani | ... | Satin |
| Roberto Pla | ... | Bosc (as R. Pla) |
| Gorieux | ... | Le médecin |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Pierre Braunberger | ... | Un spectateur (uncredited) |
| André Cerf | ... | The Tiger (uncredited) |
| René Koval | ... | Fontan (uncredited) |
 | Marie Prevost | ... | Gaga (uncredited) |
| Raymond Turgy | ... | Un spectateur (uncredited) |
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| Jean Renoir | |||
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| Pierre Lestringuez | (scenario) | |
| Émile Zola | (inspired by the novel by) | |
| Denise Leblond | (intertitles) (as Mme Le Blond Zola) | |
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| Jean Renoir | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Marc-Olivier Dupin | (score 2002) | ||
| Maurice Jaubert | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Jean Bachelet | |||
| Edmund Corwin | (as C. E. Corwin) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jean Renoir | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Claude Autant-Lara | |||
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| Claude Autant-Lara | (as C. Autant Lala) | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| André Cerf | .... | assistant director | |
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| W. Percy Day | .... | matte painter | |
Production Companies
- Les Films Jean Renoir (as FILMS RENOIR, Paris)
- Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé (1926) (France) (theatrical)
- StudioCanal (2006) (France) (DVD) (box-set)
- Arte Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD) (special edition)
- Audio Brandon Films (1976) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Divisa Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
- Kinokuniya (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
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I really looked forward to seeing Nana after seeing Renoir amazing debut work, Whirlpool of Fate. I had read that Nana was generally considered his best silent film so I had high hopes. Sadly this felt like a huge step backwards.
Catherine Hessling is the main problem with this film. Her acting is over the top, even for a silent film. Her acting is more like what one would expect in a film from the early teens, not the late 20s. She usually has the same face, which reminds me (sorry to say) of someone with constipation pains. It was also very difficult to believe that any man would fall for this femme fatale. There was nothing charming about her at all.
The film was also quite long drawn, the camera work was uninteresting (aside from a shot of a horse race) and the editing was dull. The story reminded me of Pabst's Pandora's Box. It is interesting to compare the two because there are only 3 years between these films. Pandora's Box simply scores on every level where Nana fails.
This film is only for Renoir completists or very serious silent films buffs.