The Tamer
1938 film
- 14 December 1938 (1938-12-14)
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The Tamer (French: Le dompteur) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Saturnin Fabre, Jean-Pierre Kérien and Monique Rolland.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis
Raphaël inherits a travelling circus, on the condition that he take part in a show. He is terrified of wild animals, which leads to a plan to present him as the lion tamer using fake animals.
Cast
- Dorville as Le directeur du cirque
- Saturnin Fabre as Maître Anatole Dupont
- Jean-Pierre Kérien as Raphaël
- Monique Rolland as Gaby
- Andrex as Bertrand
- Rosita Montenegro as Rosita
- Alice Tissot as Hortense
References
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.
External links
- The Tamer at IMDb
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Films directed by Pierre Colombier
- Paris in Five Days (1926)
- The Marriage of Rosine (1926)
- Dolly (1929)
- His Best Client (1932)
- Charlemagne (1933)
- One Night's Song (1933)
- Theodore and Company (1933)
- School for Coquettes (1935)
- Charley's Aunt (1936)
- The King (1936)
- Balthazar (1937)
- The Club of Aristocrats (1937)
- The Kings of Sport (1937)
- Ignace (1937)
- The Tamer (1938)
- Tricoche and Cacolet (1938)
- Latin Quarter (1939)
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