Father Serge

{{short description|1945 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Father Serge | image =File:Father Serge.jpg | caption = | director = Lucien Ganier-Raymond | producer = [[André Hugon]] | writer = [[Pierre Laroche]] | based_on = ''[[Father Sergius]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]] | starring =[[Jacques Dumesnil]] <br> [[Mila Parély]] <br> [[Marcel Herrand]] | music = [[Jacques Ibert]] | cinematography = [[Raymond Agnel]] | editing = [[Monique Lacombe]] | studio =Productions André Hugon | distributor =Cinéma de France | released ={{Film date|1945|09|04|df=yes}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = France | language = [[French language|French]] | budget = }} '''''Father Serge''''' (French: '''''Le père Serge''''') is a 1945 French [[historical film|historical]] [[drama film]] directed by Lucien Ganier-Raymond and starring [[Jacques Dumesnil]], [[Mila Parély]] and [[Marcel Herrand]]. It is based on the short story ''[[Father Sergius]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]].<ref>Goble p.462</ref> It was shot at the [[Saint-Maurice Studios]] and Studio François 1 in [[Paris]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Robert-Jules Garnier]].

==Synopsis== Prince Stéphane, a rising figure at the court of [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]] is shocked when he discovers the [[Tsar]] has had an affair with his fiancée. He renounces all world interests and retires to a [[monastery]], become a wondering [[monk]] who is valued for his faith and his abilities as a [[faith healer|healer]]. When he discovers that his former love is serious ill in [[St Petersburg]] he heads there at once.

==Cast== * [[Jacques Dumesnil]] as Le prince Stéphane * [[Mila Parély]] as La baronne Vera Kourianev * [[Ariane Borg]] as La comtesse Marie Korotkova * [[Marcel Herrand]] as Le tsar Nicolas Pavlovitch Romanoff I * [[Louis Salou]] as Le comte Fedor Ivanovitch Kedrov * [[Arlette Marchal]] as La tsarine * [[Madeleine Lambert]] as La comtesse Varvara Alexandrovna Kedrov * [[Armand Bernard]] as Aphamazy

== References == {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0242799}}

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