The New Men (1936)

  • NR
  • 03/04/1936 (FR)
  • Drama
  • 1h 50m

Overview

Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Morocco. After a historical prologue where we see Clemenceau yield to the entreaties of Lyautey, we are witnessing the arrival of settlers on Moroccan soil with the rapid rise of one of them: the ambitious Bourron. Similarly it has conquered the land from scratch, Bourron could conquer a woman, Christiane, who followed him not without confessing his love for another man. It is this love that Bourron will use later to acquire a forest of olive trees, which he believed to be the symbol of its success. Christiane accept but never forgive her husband...

Marcel L'Herbier

Director, Screenplay

Claude Farrère

Novel

Cast

Harry Baur's headshot

Harry Baur

Bourron
Natalie Paley's headshot

Natalie Paley

Christiane
Gabriel Signoret's headshot

Gabriel Signoret

Le Maréchal Lyautey
Claude Sainval's headshot

Claude Sainval

Jean de Sainte-Foy
Jean Marais's headshot

Jean Marais

Le secrétaire
André Numès's headshot

André Numès

Roussignol
René Bergeron's headshot

René Bergeron

Mingasse
René Bergeron's headshot

René Bergeron

Clemenceau

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