Crainquebille
(1922)
Silent Film
AKA: Coster Bill of Paris
Country: France
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
J?r?me Crainquebille, a poor vegetable peddler in Paris, is accused of having insulted a policeman, and finds himself ground up in the cogs of a Kafkaesque judicial system. When finally released from jail, his bourgeois customers shun him; but at the point of suicide he is redeemed by an orphan newsboy (Jean Forest) who is even poorer than he is.
Notes
- AKA "Coster Bill of Paris" and "Old Bill of Paris" (in the UK), and as "Bill" (in the US)
- Based on the 1901 novel "L'Affaire Crainquebille" by French writer Anatole France (1844-1924)
Cast
- Maurice de Féraudy
- Jean Forest
(La Souris - 'Mouse') - Félix Oudart
- Marguerite Carré
- Jeanne Cheirel
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