The Citadel of Silence

Original title: La Citadelle du silence

Duration: 98 min

Release date: 1937-06-03

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During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.

Drama

La Citadelle du silence

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as Viana Volonska

as Colonel-Count Stepan Iporievich

Bernard Lancret

Bernard Lancret

as César Birsky

as The Governor of Warsaw

as The landlady of the hotel

as The landlady

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

as The butler's daughter

Gilberte Géniat

Gilberte Géniat

Georges Melchior

Georges Melchior

Marguerite Pierry

Marguerite Pierry

as The other landlady

Philippe Richard

Philippe Richard

Georges Saillard

Georges Saillard

as An insurgent

José Squinquel

Alexandre Rignault

Alexandre Rignault

as The guardian

as (uncredited)

as Officer (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Vania as a child (uncredited)

as Kerlov (uncredited)

Robert Le Vigan

Robert Le Vigan

as Granoff, prison Chief (uncredited)

as Officer at the citadel (uncredited)

Henri Échourin

as Bearer (uncredited)

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Assistant Director

Marcel L'Herbier

Marcel L'Herbier

Director of Photography

Roger Spiri-Mercaton

Roger Spiri-Mercaton

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

Arthur Honegger

Arthur Honegger

Original Music Composer

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