Germaine Michel Movies
- 1938
Adapted from the novel by Paul Lafitte, Rothchild is not, as might be assumed, the story of the famed European banking family. Harry Baur stars as a hobo who happens to share the same name as the eminent Rothchilds. By claiming a familial relationship to the legendary financiers, Baur is able to enjoy privileges and luxuries which he might otherwise be denied. Even so, Baur is far more honest than some of the people he's fleecing, and by film's end he has exposed the shady business activities of the "respectable" Monsieur Barsac (Pauley). Unfortunately, filmclips from Rothchild were later used out of context by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as examples of "Jewish decadence." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Germaine Michel, Pasquali, (more)
- 1935
Playwright Jacques Deval directed this 1935 adaptation of his own stage comedy Tovaritch. Set in Paris, the story revolves around Princess Tatiana (Irene de Zilaby) and General Mikail (Andre Lefaur), two members of the Russian nobility who'd been forced to relocate to France after the Revolution. Though the regal couple has been entrusted with the Imperial crown jewels, they'd sooner starve to death than betray the late Czar by selling the gems. As a result, they're reduced to taking jobs as servants in the home of a wealthy but somewhat zany family. Robert E. Sherwood's Americanized version of Deval's Tovaritch was filmed by Warner Bros. in 1937, with Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- André Lefaur, Pierre Renoir, (more)
