Cordial Agreement (1939)
The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.
Director:
Marcel L'Herbier
Writer:
André Maurois
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Victor Francen as Edouard VII, Prince and King |
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Bernard Lancret as Jean Roussel |
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Pierre Richard-Willm as Capt. Charles Roussel |
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Janine Darcey as Sylvia Clayton |
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Gaby Morlay as Queen Victoria |
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Jean Périer as President Emile Loubet |
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Jacques Baumer as Georges Clemenceau |
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Louis Seigner as German ambassador |
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André Lefaur as Lord Clayton |
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Arlette Marchal as Queen Alexandra |
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Junie Astor as Actress |
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Marcelle Praince as Lady Clayton |
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Nita Raya as Music Hall Star |
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Carine Nelson as Marjorie, lady-in-waiting |
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Jaque Catelain as Prince Consort |
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Jean Toulout as Lord Salisbury |
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André Roanne as Arthur Balfour |
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Jean d'Yd as Joë Chamberlain |
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Jacques Grétillat as Deputy Roussel |
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Robert Pizani as Paul Cambon |
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Paul Amiot as Prince of Bulow |
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Aimé Clariond as Russian ambassador |
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Jean Brochard as Valet |
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Abel Tarride as Maître d'hôtel |
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Sinoël as Concierge |
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Anthony Gildès as Secretary |
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Pierre Labry as Journalist |
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Dorville as Coachman |
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Jean Worms as Théophile Delcassé |
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Jean Galland as General Kitchener |
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Liliane Lesaffre as Concierge’s daughter |
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Suzanne Devoyod as Lady-in-waiting |
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Ginette Gaubert as Jeanne Granier |
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Gabrielle Fontan as Lady of the Court |
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Génia Vaury as Madame de Lormes |
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Christiane Ribes as Madame de Vaumoise |
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A. Appels as |
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Raymonde Allain as The beautiful Otéro |
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Georges Tourreil as Captain Marchand |
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Léon Arvel as Sir Arthur |
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Georges Jamin as |
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Jacques Henley as Ambassador |
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Roger Monteaux as |
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Frédéric Mariotti as Coachman |
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Charles Vissières as Doctor |
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Harrous as |
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Yves Brainville as Journalist |
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Maurice Mosnier as |
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Berquielle as |
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Jacques Mattler as |
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Jacques Beauvais as Maître d'hôtel (uncredited) |
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Jean Buquet as Little Prince (uncredited) |
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Dora Doll as Extra (uncredited) |
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Eugène Stuber as Newspaper crier (uncredited) |
| Sound | Marcel Lattès | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Marcel L'Herbier | Director |
| Writing | André Maurois | Screenplay |
| Writing | Abel Hermant | Dialogue |
| Production | Max Glass | Producer |
| Production | Bernard Natan | Producer |
| Camera | Marc Fossard | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Theodore J. Pahle | Director of Photography |
| Production | Paul Glass | Production Director |
