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The New Men

60 %|Mar 4, 1936|Drama

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...

Featured Crew

Marcel L'Herbier
Director
Claude Farrère
Novel
Marcel L'Herbier
Screenplay
Ève Francis
Assistant Director

Cast

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Harry Baur
Bourron
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Natalie Paley
Christiane
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Gabriel Signoret
Le Maréchal Lyautey
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Claude Sainval
Jean de Sainte-Foy
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Jean Marais
Le secrétaire
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André Numès
Roussignol
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René Bergeron
Clemenceau
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Gustave Gallet
Clemenceau
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Paul Amiot
D'Amade