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L' Homme du large (English: Man of the Sea or Man of the Open Seas) is a 1920 French silent film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and based on a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was filmed on the rugged southern coast of Brittany creating atmosphere in a film about the forces of good and evil that motivate human behaviour.
Man of the Sea: Directed by Marcel L'Herbier. With Charles Boyer, Claire Prélia, Suzanne Doris, Philippe Hériat. Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him.
- (270)
- Drama
- Marcel L'Herbier
- 1920-12-03
Read my review at: http://www.acinemahistory.com/2015/01/lhomme-du-large-1920-man-of-sea.html
- 5 min
- 1939
- Early Cinema History
An in-depth review of the film L'Homme du large (1920), aka Man of the Sea, directed by Marcel L'Herbier, featuring Jaque Catelain, Roger Karl, Charles Boyer.
- Marcel L'herbier
Nolff, a Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a good-for-nothing who spends his time in taverns with his evil genius friend Gwenn la Taupe. The sea will be his judge.
L' Homme du large is a 1920 French silent film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and based on a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was filmed on the rugged southern coast of Brittany creating atmosphere in a film about the forces of good and evil that motivate human behaviour.
Novel. Reviews. Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a good-for-nothing who spends his time in taverns.
