Courier of Lyons (1937)
L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon
The Dreyfus Affair of the 18th Century!
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.
- Date of release
- 1937-11-10
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara
Casting
- Pierre Blanchar — Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
- Dita Parlo — Mina Lesurques - The Wife of the Accused
- Jacques Copeau — The prosecutor - Judge Daubenton
- Charles Dullin — Blind witness
- Sylvia Bataille — Madeleine Brebant
- Hélène Robert — Eugénie Dargence
- Monique Joyce — Claudine Faugier-Odot
- Pierre Alcover — Valentin Durochat
- Jean Tissier — Courriol
- Jean-Pierre Kérien — Jean Bruer
- André Noël — Franck Excofon
- Jean Périer — The jeweler Eugène Legrand
Interesting facts
The Courier of Lyon is a 1937 French historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and Maurice Lehmann and starring Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo and Jacques Copeau. It is based on the Courrier de Lyon case of 1796. A previous silent film inspired by the story, was released in 1923.
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