The Tamer

{{short description|1938 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Tamer | image = The Tamer poster.png | caption = Belgian poster | director = [[Pierre Colombier]] | producer =[[Henri Ullmann]] | based_on = | writer = [[Yves Allégret]] [[Károly Nóti]] [[René Pujol]] [[Robert Thoeren]] [[Jacques Viot (writer)|Jacques Viot]] | narrator = | starring = [[Saturnin Fabre]] [[Jean-Pierre Kérien]] [[Monique Rolland]] | music = [[Casimir Oberfeld]] | cinematography =[[Armand Thirard]] | editing =[[Maurice Serein]] | studio = Productions Cinésonor | distributor =Les Distributeurs Français | released = {{Film date|1938|12|14|df=y}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Tamer''''' (French: '''''Le dompteur''''') is a 1938 French [[comedy film]] directed by [[Pierre Colombier]] and starring [[Saturnin Fabre]], [[Jean-Pierre Kérien]] and [[Monique Rolland]].<ref>Crisp p.412</ref><ref>Bessy & Chirat p.259</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Jacques Colombier (art director)|Jacques Colombier]].

==Synopsis== Raphaël inherits a [[travelling circus]], on the condition that he take part in a show. He is terrified of wild animals, which leads to a plan to present him as the [[lion tamer]] using fake animals.

==Cast== * [[Dorville]] as Le directeur du cirque * [[Saturnin Fabre]] as Maître Anatole Dupont * [[Jean-Pierre Kérien]] as Raphaël * [[Monique Rolland]] as Gaby * [[Andrex (actor)|Andrex]] as Bertrand * [[Rosita Montenegro]] as Rosita * [[Alice Tissot]] as Hortense

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0150368}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamer}} [[Category:1938 films]] [[Category:French comedy films]] [[Category:1938 comedy films]] [[Category:1938 French-language films]] [[Category:French black-and-white films]] [[Category:1938 French films]] [[Category:Films directed by Pierre Colombier]] [[Category:Circus films]]