Courier of Lyons
L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon
Drama
History
The Dreyfus Affair of the 18th Century!
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.
1937-11-10
fr
Cast
Director
Maurice Lehmann
Director
Claude Autant-Lara
Pierre Blanchar as Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
Dita Parlo as Mina Lesurques - The Wife of the Accused
Jacques Copeau as The prosecutor - Judge Daubenton
Charles Dullin as Blind witness
Sylvia Bataille as Madeleine Brebant
Hélène Robert as Eugénie Dargence
Monique Joyce as Claudine Faugier-Odot
Pierre Alcover as Valentin Durochat
Jean Tissier as Courriol
Jean-Pierre Kérien as Jean Bruer
Jean Périer as The jeweler Eugène Legrand
Louis Florencie as Jean Delafolie
Marcel Duhamel as Guénot
Palmyre Levasseur as The woman Grossetête
Gilberte Géniat as The daughter Sauton
Jacques Varennes as President Gohier
Andrex as The lawyer of Lesurques
Dorville as Pierre Choppart