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The New Men (1936)
Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Overview
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…
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Harry Baur | Natalie Paley | Claude Sainval | Jean Marais | André Numès Fils | René Bergeron | Gustave Gallet | Paul Amiot | Sylvio De Pedrelli | Gabriel Signoret