The Citadel of Silence
1937 · Marcel L'Herbier · 98 min
During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
AnnabellaViana Volonska
Pierre RenoirColonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
Bernard LancretCésar Birsky
Pierre AlcoverThe Governor of Warsaw
Paul AmiotVladorowsky
Mady BerryThe landlady of the hotel
Pauline CartonThe landlady
Henry Darbray
Jeanne Fusier-GirThe butler's daughter
Gilberte GéniatCatherine
Claire GérardThe nanny
Fabien LorisThe 836
Georges MelchiorNevitzky
Marthe MellotJoséphine
André Nox
