The Patriot (1938 film)

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