The Patriot (French: Le patriote) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir and Suzy Prim. The film was based on a novel by Alfred Neumann which had previously been turned into a 1928 American silent film The Patriot starring Emil Jannings. It was made by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis Film. The sets were designed by the Russian-born art director Alexandre Lochakoff.
The film portrays the life of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
Cast
Harry Baur as Le tsar Paul 1er
Pierre Renoir as Pahlen
Suzy Prim as Anna Ostermann
Jacques Varennes as Panin
Elmire Vautier as La tsarine
Geller
Nicolas Rimsky as Yocov
André Carnège as Zoubov
Fernand Mailly as L'amiral
Jacques Mattler as Le commandant disgrâcié
Robert Seller as Narichkine
André Varennes as Le ministre de la guerre
Victor Vina
Paula Clère as L'espionne
Gérard Landry as Le tsarévitch
Colette Darfeuil as Lopouchina
Josette Day as Nadia
Jacques Berlioz as Un diplomate
Roméo Carlès
Marguerite de Morlaye
Maurice Devienne
Ernest Ferny as Le juge
References
Bibliography
Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.