The Abbot Constantine (1925 film)

The Abbot Constantine
Directed by	Julien Duvivier
Written by	Ludovic Halévy (novel) Julien Duvivier
Starring	Jean Coquelin Pierre Stéphen Claude France
Cinematography	André Dantan Ganzli Walter
Production company	Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
Distributed by	Films Petit
Release date	9 October 1925 (1925-10-09)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	France
Languages	Silent French intertitles

The Abbot Constantine (French: L'abbé Constantin) is a 1925 French silent comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Coquelin, Pierre Stéphen and Claude France. It is based on the novel The Abbot Constantine by Ludovic Halévy. The novel was remade as a sound film in 1933.^[1]

A French Catholic Priest is horrified when he learns that two Protestant American women have moved in nearby. However he is soon on good terms with them, and his nephew eventually falls in love with one of them.

• Jean Coquelin as L'abbé Constantin
• Pierre Stéphen as Paul de Lavardens
• Claude France as Mrs. Scott
• Georges Lannes as Jean Reynaud
• Geneviève Cargese as Bettina Percival
• Louisa de Mornand [fr] as Comtesse de Lavardens
• Georges Deneubourg as Comte de Larnac
• Angèle Decori as Pauline
• Roberto Pia as Bernard, le jardinier
• Robby Guichard
• Lionel Salem

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

• The Abbot Constantine at IMDb

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