Lieutenant Jean Dumontier
Filmed in French Morocco, Itto's dialogue is spoken primarily in the tribal Chleuh language. The jingoistic story concerns a series of clashes between French occupational forces and a rebellious Chleuh chieftain. Itto (Simone Berriau), chief's daughter, becomes embroiled in a romance with a Moroccan tribesman who has gone over to the French side. It is implied in Itto that it's okay to betray one's own people if it will preserve French colonialism in Africa. To modern viewers, the rampant chauvinism in Itto is a difficult pill to swallow.
Life is so dull in a quiet little neighborhood that gossips, eager for some kind of scandal to brighten things up, imagine their haberdasher has been having quite a raunchy sex life.
André Duval
In Morocco, a French sergeant falls in love with the sister of an Arab colleague, a dangerous situation that could result in death for both of them.....
This is the French-language version produced by MGM of Let Us Be Gay (1930))
A naval officer has to abandon a young girl he has rescued as a stowaway, to the mercies of his sleazy show business mother and her plans.
Grippe-Soleil
A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.
Le Sergent
부유한 집안에서 자란 시인 장과 그의 하인 조셉은 입대를 앞두고 있다. 그런데 두 사람은 우연히 같은 부대에서 만나고, 군대의 엄격한 질서에 익숙하지 않은 장과 매사에 부주의한 행동으로 사고를 치는 조셉은 이런저런 소동에 휘말린다.
Married carnival performers are subjected to the abuses of their employer in this silent film gem that has not received as much attention as it deserves. When the boss' unwanted advances on the wife are refused, he taunts a lion until it nearly kills her. But the other performers assist in a unique plot for revenge. Jaque Catelain directs and stars in this film made for influential French director Marcel L'Herbier's production company. Some sources also list L'Herbier as co-director, as he is credited here. The film boasts some rapid-fire editing techniques that were decades ahead of its time.
