Doctor Laennec
{{short description|1949 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Doctor Laennec
| image = Doctor Laennec.jpg
| caption =
| director = Maurice Cloche
| producer = Maurice Cloche
| writer = Maurice Cloche
Jean Bernard-Luc
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Pierre Blanchar|Saturnin Fabre|Mireille Perrey}}
| music = Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
| cinematography = Claude Renoir
| editing = Renée Gary
| studio = Interfrance Film
Les Films Maurice Cloche
| distributor = A.I.C.
| released = {{Film date|1949|06|17|df=yes}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Doctor Laennec (French: Docteur Laennec) is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Pierre Blanchar, Saturnin Fabre and Mireille Perrey.Crisp p.281 It portrays the work of René Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope.
The film's art direction was by Robert-Jules Garnier and René Renoux.
Cast
- Pierre Blanchar as Dr. René, Théophile Laennec
- Saturnin Fabre as Laennec père
- Mireille Perrey as Jacquemine d'Argout-Laennec
- Pierre Dux as Prof. Récamier
- Jany Holt as Madeleine Bayle
- Geymond Vital as Dr. Pierre Bayle
- Janine Viénot as Marie-Anne Laennec
- Jean Toulout as Docteur Broussais
- Jacques Dynam as Meriadec
- Lannier as Docteur Louis
- Florent Antony as Beaugendre
- Francette Vernillat as La fille du Docteur Bayle
- Nicolas Amato
- Charles Bouillaud as Un domestique
- René Clermont as Le mime
- Paul Demage as Le client enrhumé
- France Descaut as Clarisse d'Anthiages
- Christian Duvaleix as Le charlatan
- Guy Favières as Le vieillard
- Georges Galley
- Léon Larive as Un médecin
- Palmyre Levasseur as Angélique
- Henri Maïk
- Raphaël Patorni as Un malade
- Georges Paulais as Un médecin
- Marcelle Praince as La duchesse
- Nicole Riche as La moribonde
- Max Rogerys
- Lina Roxa
- Eliane Salmon
- Evelyne Salmon
- Charles Vissières as L'éditeur
References
Bibliography
- Crisp, C.G. The classic French cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993
External links
- {{IMDb title|0138405}}
{{Maurice Cloche}}
Category:1940s historical drama films
Category:French historical drama films
Category:1940s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Maurice Cloche
Category:Films set in the 1810s
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
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