Le Carnaval des vérités

A Feature film of

Marcel L'Herbier

Produced by

Gaumont

Production year1920

French release04/06/1920

Runtime

1h 29m

Synopsis

Comtesse Della Gentia and her lover Paul attempt to seduce and blackmail a rich neighbour Juan, who is in love with a naïve young friend of theirs, Clarisse. Their plot fails; the Comtesse kills herself at a ball, and her lover re-covers her face with its mask.

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Credits

Director (1)

Marcel L'Herbier
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Actors (9)

Marcelle Pradot

Claude France

Philippe Hériat

Suzanne Despres

Marcelle Chantal

Marcelle Lucas

Paul Capellani

Eugénie Nau

Jaque-Catelain

Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Gaumont

French distribution : Gaumont

Full credits (3)

Director of Photography : Georges Lucas

Costume designer : Claude Autant-Lara

Artistic Director : Claude Autant-Lara

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Technical details

Type : Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Production language : French
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French
Production year : 1920
French release : 04/06/1920
Runtime : 1 h 29 min
Current status : Released
Approval :
Production formats : 35mm
Color type : Black & White
Aspect ratio : 1.33
Audio format : Silent

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After completing a commercial film for Léon Gaumont, Marcel L'Herbier was offered a contract to work on a prestigious series of films which would be known as "Gaumont Série Pax". Although the terms of the contract placed unwelcome restrictions upon his control over his work, L'Herbier realised that it also offered him an unparalleled opportunity to benefit from the international links of the Gaumont company and to work in the best technical facilities then available. His first project, which he was both to write and to direct, was Le Carnaval des vérités, a symbolist drama about the struggle between Truth and Falsehood.

On its release in June 1920, the film met with reasonable success both with critics and with the public. The receipts from its release were valued at 188,800 francs, showing a small profit over its costs. Of the six films which L'Herbier made for Gaumont, this seems to have been the only one which did not make a financial loss. Léon Gaumont was sufficiently pleased with the film to allow L'Herbier a larger budget for his next work, L'Homme du large.

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