Entente cordiale

5.4

110 minutes

4/20/1939

Overview

The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.

Cast List

Victor Francen
as Edouard VII, Prince and King
Bernard Lancret
as Jean Roussel
Pierre Richard-Willm
as Capt. Charles Roussel
Janine Darcey
as Sylvia Clayton
Gaby Morlay
as Queen Victoria
Jean Périer
as President Emile Loubet
Jacques Baumer
as Georges Clemenceau
Louis Seigner
as German ambassador
André Lefaur
as Lord Clayton
Arlette Marchal
as Queen Alexandra
Junie Astor
as Actress
Marcelle Praince
as Lady Clayton
Nita Raya
as Music Hall Star
Carine Nelson
as Marjorie, lady-in-waiting
Jaque Catelain
as Prince Consort
Jean Toulout
as Lord Salisbury
André Roanne
as Arthur Balfour
Jean d'Yd
as Joë Chamberlain
Jacques Grétillat
as Deputy Roussel
Robert Pizani
as Paul Cambon
Paul Amiot
as Prince of Bulow
Aimé Clariond
as Russian ambassador
Jean Brochard
as Valet
Abel Tarride
as Maître d'hôtel
Sinoël
as Concierge
Anthony Gildès
as Secretary
Pierre Labry
as Journalist
Dorville
as Coachman
Jean Worms
as Théophile Delcassé
Jean Galland
as General Kitchener
Liliane Lesaffre
as Concierge’s daughter
Suzanne Devoyod
as Lady-in-waiting
Ginette Gaubert
as Jeanne Granier
Gabrielle Fontan
as Lady of the Court
Génia Vaury
as Madame de Lormes
Christiane Ribes
as Madame de Vaumoise
A. Appels
Raymonde Allain
as The beautiful Otéro
Georges Tourreil
as Captain Marchand
Léon Arvel
as Sir Arthur
Georges Jamin
Jacques Henley
as Ambassador
Roger Monteaux
Frédéric Mariotti
as Coachman
Charles Vissières
as Doctor
Harrous
Yves Brainville
as Journalist
Maurice Mosnier
Berquielle
Jacques Mattler
Jacques Beauvais
as Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)
Jean Buquet
as Little Prince (uncredited)
Dora Doll
as Extra (uncredited)
Eugène Stuber
as Newspaper crier (uncredited)