Le Bled

Le Bled
Directed by	Jean Renoir
Written by	Henry Dupuis-Mazuel André Jaeger-Schmidt
Starring	Jackie Monnier Enrique Riveros Alexandre Arquillière
Cinematography	Marcel Lucien Léon Morizet Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Edited by	Marguerite Renoir
Production company	Société des Films Historiques
Distributed by	Exclusivités Jean de Merly
Release date	17 May 1929 (1929-05-17)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	France
Languages	Silent French intertitles

Le Bled is a 1929 French silent adventure film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jackie Monnier, Enrique Riveros and Alexandre Arquillière. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in French Algeria around Biskra, Boufarik and Staouéli. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Aguet. It was made to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the French conquest of Algeria in 1830.^[1] The film's title was an expression used to refer to the interior of Algeria.^[2]

• Jackie Monnier as Claudie Duvernet
• Diana Hart as Diane Duvernet
• Renée Rozier as Marie-Jeanne
• Enrique Rivero as Pierre Hoffer
• Manuel Raaby as Manuel Duvernet
• Aïssa as Zoubir
• G.A. Martin as Le fauconnier
• Jacques Becker as Un ouvrier agricole
• Hadj Ben Yasmina as Le chauffeur
• Alexandre Arquillière as Christian Hoffer

• Bergan, Ronald. Jean Renoir: Projections of Paradise. Skyhorse, 2016.
• Ferro, Marc. Colonization: A Global History. Routledge, 2005.

• Le Bled at IMDb

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