The New Men (French: ) is a 1936 French drama film written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Harry Baur, Natalie Paley and Gabriel Signoret.Andrew & Ungar p.425 The film was based on the novel of the same title by Claude Farrère, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film.Goble p.152Les Hommes nouveaux (1936) at the Films de France The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.
Synopsis In the early decades of the twentieth century, a group of adventurers are encouraged to settle the southern area of French Morocco. The plot follows the rise of one of these "new men" Bourron, a former docker.
Cast Harry Baur as Bourron Natalie Paley as Christiane Gabriel Signoret as Maréchal Lyautey de Tolly Max Michel as Henri de Chassagnes Claude Sainval as Jean de Sainte-Foy Sylvio De Pedrelli as Medhani, the gangster boss Jean Marais as the clerk André Numès Fils as Roussignol René Bergeron as Mingasse Marie-Jacqueline Chantal as the nurse Gustave Gallet as Clémenceau Ben Gassin as Zerfatti André Carnège as the commander Hugues de Bagratide as an officier Paul Amiot as D'Amade
References
Bibliography Andrew, Dudley & Ungar, Steven. Popular Front Paris and the Poetics of Culture. Harvard University Press, 2005. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
Les Hommes nouveaux (1936) at the Films de France