{{short description|1937 film}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Call of Life | image = | caption = | director = Georges Neveux | producer ={{ubl|Peter Paul Brauer|Raoul Ploquin|W. Schmidt}} | writer = {{ubl|Georges Neveux|Rolf E. Vanloo}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Victor Francen|Renée Devillers|Daniel Lecourtois}} | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = {{ubl|UFA|ACE}} | distributor = ACE | released = {{film date|1937|5|21|df=y}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Germany | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Call of Life''''' ({{langx|fr|'''L'appel de la vie'''}}) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Georges Neveux and starring Victor Francen, Renée Devillers, and Daniel Lecourtois.{{sfn|Bessy|Chirat|p=265}} It is a French-language film made in Berlin by the German studio UFA and released in France by the company's subsidiary L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Victor Francen as Le professeur Rougeon * Renée Devillers as Jacqueline Bouvier * Daniel Lecourtois as Le docteur Lenoir * Jane Loury as Tante Irma * René Bergeron as Grenier * Auguste Bovério as Le docteur Pascal * Mady Berry as La mère d'une malade * Robert Arnoux as Marmousot * William Aguet as Marec * Raymond Aimos as Le préparateur * Bill Bocket as Michelot * Georges Colin as Castanier * Lucien Dayle as Bernard * Charlotte Dressan as La bonne * Ginette Leclerc as Marcelle * Frédéric Mariotti as Le patron du café * Gaston Mauger as Un médecin * Germaine Michel as Madame Boulicot * Régine Poncet as Yvonne Coural * Suzy Prim as Madame Voisin * Georges Tourreil * Jacqueline Vasset as Mademoiselle Pluchard * Robert Vattier as Pièche }}

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== Bibliography == * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Bessy|Chirat}} | first1 = Maurice | last1 = Bessy | first2 = Raymond | last2 = Chirat | title = Histoire du cinéma français: 1935–1939 | publisher = Pygmalion | year = 1987 | location = Paris | isbn = 978-2-85704-239-6 }}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0191788}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Call of Life, The}} Category:1937 films Category:German drama films Category:1937 drama films Category:1937 French-language films Category:UFA GmbH films Category:German black-and-white films Category:1937 German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub}}