The Citadel of Silence
1937During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
Acted in
Annabella
as Viana Volonska
Pierre Renoir
as Colonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
Bernard Lancret
as César Birsky
Gilberte Géniat
as Catherine
Pauline Carton
as The landlady
Pierre Alcover
as The Governor of Warsaw
Paul Amiot
as Vladorowsky
Mady Berry
as The landlady of the hotel
Henry Darbray
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
as The butler's daughter
Claire Gérard
as The nanny
Fabien Loris
as The 836
Georges Melchior
as Nevitzky
Marthe Mellot
as Joséphine
André Nox
Marguerite Pierry
as The other landlady
Philippe Richard
Georges Saillard
as An insurgent
José Squinquel
as The captain
Lucas Gridoux
as The spy
Alexandre Rignault
as The guardian
Pierre Larquey
as Bartek