The New Men

The New Men

1936 · 110 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama

Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Morocco. After a historical prologue where we see Clemenceau yield to the entreaties of Lyautey, we are witnessing the arrival of settlers on Moroccan soil with the rapid rise of one of them: the ambitious Bourron. Similarly it has conquered the land from scratch, Bourron could conquer a woman, Christiane, who followed him not without confessing his love for another man. It is this love that Bourron will use later to acquire a forest of olive trees, which he believed to be the symbol of its success. Christiane accept but never forgive her husband...

Directed by Marcel L'Herbier · Written by Marcel L'Herbier

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Harry Baur Bourron
Natalie Paley Christiane
Gabriel Signoret Le Maréchal Lyautey
Claude Sainval Jean de Sainte-Foy
Jean Marais Le secrétaire
André Numès Roussignol
René Bergeron Mingasse
René Bergeron Clemenceau
Gustave Gallet Clemenceau
Paul Amiot D'Amade
Sylvio De Pedrelli
Gabriel Signoret

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