Crainquebille
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| Directed by | Jacques Feyder |
| Produced by | Jacques Feyder |
| Written by | Anatole France (novel), Jacques Feyder |
| Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel, Maurice Forster |
| Distributed by | Red Seal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1922 |
| Country |  France |
| Language | Silent film |
Crainquebille is a 1922 French silent drama film directed by Jacques Feyder. The film is known for its realism.
Plot
Jérôme Crainquebille , is an ageing modest vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in Halles market in Paris for over 40 years. One day, whilst waiting for a customer to give him his change, he is hassled by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protests, Crainquebille is arrested, supposedly for swearing at the policeman. Following a farcical trial, the old man is sent to jail, where due to the poor quality of his past life he enjoys the benefits of the free shelter and food.
However on his release his life continues to nose dive; all of his past regular customers shun him, and, with no income, he turns to the bottle becoming an alcoholic. He is reduced to a tramp that everybody loathes, and the sad old man is about to commit suicide when a young street boy takes him by the hand to forget about the past and persuades him to make a fresh start.
Cast
- Maurice de Féraudy ... Jérôme Crainquebille
- Félix Oudart ... L'agent 64
- Jean Forest ... La Souris
- Marguerite Carré ... Mme Laure
- Jeanne Cheirel ... Mme Bayard
- René Worms ... M. Lemerle
- Charles Mosnier
- Armand Numès
- Françoise Rosay
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