The Call (1936)
L'appel du silence (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 49min
- Adventure, Biography
- 28 Mar 1938 (USA)
- Movie
The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer in the French army who became an explorer and geographer, then a Catholic monk, priest, linguist and hermit in the Hoggar desert in Algeria.
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Cast
| Jean Yonnel | ... |
Charles de Foucauld
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| Pierre de Guingand | ... |
Général Laperrine
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| Jacqueline Francell | ... |
Mademoiselle X
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| Alice Tissot | ... |
La femme du notaire
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| Suzanne Bianchetti | ... |
La femme du monde
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Pierre Juvenet | ... |
Le colonel
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| Thomy Bourdelle | ... |
Un général
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| André Nox |
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Pierre Nay | ... |
Le marquis de Morès
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Fred Pasquali |
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Auguste Bovério |
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Fernand Francell |
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Jeanne Marie-Laurent |
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Georges Cahuzac |
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Jean Kolb |
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Henri Defreyn |
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Victor Vina |
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Émile Saint-Ober | ... |
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Maurice de Canonge |
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Pierre Darteuil |
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Pierre Athon |
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| René Bergeron |
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Jean Buquet |
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Mireille Monard | ... |
Pianist
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Francia Seguy |
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Directed by
| Léon Poirier | ||
Written by
| Léon Poirier | ... | (screenplay) |
| Léon Poirier | ... | (dialogue) |
Produced by
| Léon Poirier | ... | producer |
Music by
| Claude Delvincourt | ||
| J.E. Szyfer | ... | (as Joseph-Étienne Szyfer) |
Cinematography by
| Georges Goudard | ||
| Georges Million | ||
Production Management
| Henry Le Brument | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
| Maurice Menot | ... | sound |
Production Companies
Distributors
- C.F.F.D. (1936) (France) (theatrical)
- Compagnie Industrielle Cinématographique (1936) (France) (theatrical)
- Comptoir Français du Film Documentaire (1936) (France) (theatrical)
- Producers Distributing Corporation (P.D.C.) (1936) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Best Film Corporation (1938) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Internationale Filmcentrale (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Film Office (1996) (France) (VHS)
- Netflix (2023) (Non-US) (video) (VOD) (several territories in Europe)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
This is a movie about Sahara missionary Charles De Foucauld whose youth was racy but who finally heard the call of the silence (title)that is to say the call of God .He becomes a "marabout" ,which is a strange choice for a Christian .He lives in the desert ,among the Touaregs who speak their own language .He gets killed by rebels from Tripolitaine ,shortly after reading the gospel when Judas betrayed Jesus. Written by dbdumonteil |
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| Taglines | Sinner - Soldier - Saint See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Final film of actress Suzanne Bianchetti . See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in La machine à écrire l'histoire (1943). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Étude, no 3 en mi majeur See more » |