The Man from Nowhere (1937 film)

1937 French film

The Man from Nowhere (French: L'Homme de nulle part) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Catherine Fonteney.^[1] It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome, and based on Luigi Pirandello's 1904 novel Il fu Mattia Pascal. A separate Italian-language version of the film was also produced.

It was a popular success, and was re-released in 1942.

The film's sets were designed by Guido Fiorini.

Cast

• Pierre Blanchar as Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
• Isa Miranda as Louise Paléari
• Catherine Fonteney as La veuve Pescatore
• Ginette Leclerc as Romilda Pescatore Pascal
• Maximilienne as Tante Scholastique
• Palau as Le chevalier Titus
• Marcel Vallée as Le maire
• Charles Granval as Octavio Meis
• Pierre Alcover as Malagna
• Charlotte Barbier-Krauss as Angelica Bonafede Pascal
• Jean Hébey as Pomino
• René Génin as L'ivrogne
• Georges Douking as Le domestique simplet de la pension
• Marcel Lupovici as Béraldez
• Gaston Dupray as Le directeur du journal
• Robert Moor as Le fossoyeur
• Léonce Corne as L'hôtelier du Luxor
• Henri Giquel as Le docteur Basile
• Charles Léger as Le bibliothécaire à la retraite
• Yvonne Yma as Adèle Meis
• Paquita Claude as Mademoiselle Pépita
• Enrico Glori as Le coiffeur
• Dax Berthy as Le curé
• Leduc as Le fournisseur de la noce
• Margo Lion as Mademoiselle Caporale
• Sinoël as Henri Paléari - tuteur de Louise
• Robert Le Vigan as Le comte Papiano
• Ornella Da Vasto
• Louis Daquin
• Rita Livesi as Cabrini
• Edda Soligo as Une dame à la table de jeu

References

1. Goble p.800

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Man from Nowhere at IMDb