Mauprat

Mauprat

1926 · 88 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, Romance

Romantic novelist George Sand's Mauprat as adapted by cinema visionary Jean Epstein. As a child, orphan Bernard de Mauprat was adopted by Tristan, a brigand who brought him up with his biological sons to hate, kill and pillage. Hubert de Mauprat, the elder brother of Tristan, the very incarnation of nobility, and his daughter, the beautiful and intrepid Edmée, undertake to tear wild-eyed Bernard away from his uncle. Still uncouth and rough, Bernard endeavors to wrest the love of Edmée away from her betrothed.

Directed by Jean Epstein · Written by Jean Epstein

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Sandra Milovanoff Edmée de Mauprat
Maurice Schutz Tristan de Mauprat / Hubert de Mauprat
Nino Constantini Bernard de Mauprat
René Ferté Monsieur de La Marche
Halma Jean de Mauprat
Alex Allin Marcasse
Alexej Bondireff
Luis Buñuel Monk / Guardsman
Line Doré
Gilbert Dulong
Jane Thierry

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