Cordial Agreement

Cordial Agreement

110 mins | Drama, History | April 20, 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.

Cordial Agreement

110 mins | Drama, History | April 20, 1939

Cordial Agreement
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.
Producers Flora Films, Arcadia Films
Original title Entente cordiale
Directors Marcel L'Herbier
Writers Abel Hermant, André Maurois

Cast

Victor Francen

as Edouard VII, Prince and King

Bernard Lancret

as Jean Roussel

Pierre Richard-Willm

as Capt. Charles Roussel

Janine Darcey

as Sylvia Clayton

Gaby Morlay

as Queen Victoria

Jean Périer

as le Président Émile Loubet

Jacques Baumer

as Georges Clemenceau

Louis Seigner

as l'ambassadeur d'Allemagne

André Lefaur

as Lord Clayton

Arlette Marchal

as La reine Alexandra

Junie Astor

as Une actrice

Marcelle Praince

as Lady Clayton

Nita Raya

as Music Hall Star

Carine Nelson

as Marjorie, une dame d'honneur

Jaque Catelain

as Le prince consort

Jean Toulout

as Lord Salisbury

André Roanne

as Arthur Balfour

Jean d'Yd

as Joë Chamberlain

Jacques Grétillat

as Le député Roussel

Robert Pizani

as Paul Cambon

Paul Amiot

as Le prince de Bulow

Aimé Clariond

as L'ambassadeur de Russie

Jean Brochard

as Le valet

Abel Tarride

as La maître d'hôtel

Sinoël

as Le concierge

Anthony Gildès

as Le secrétaire

Pierre Labry

as Un journaliste

Dorville

as Le cocher

Jean Worms

as Théophile Delcassé

Jean Galland

as Le général Kitchener

Liliane Lesaffre

as La fille du concierge

Suzanne Devoyod

as Une dame d'honneur

Ginette Gaubert

as Jeanne Granier

Gabrielle Fontan

as Une dame de la Cour

Génia Vaury

as Madame de Lormes

Christiane Ribes

as Madame de Vaumoise

Raymonde Allain

as La belle Otéro

Georges Tourreil

as Le capitaine Marchand

Léon Arvel

as Sir Arthur

Jacques Henley

as Un ambassadeur

Frédéric Mariotti

as Un cocher

Charles Vissières

as Le médecin

Harrous

as

Yves Brainville

as Un journaliste

Jacques Beauvais

as Le maître d'hôtel (uncredited)

Jean Buquet

as Un petit prince (uncredited)

Dora Doll

as Extra (uncredited)

Eugène Stuber

as Le crieur de journaux (uncredited)