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During 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.Read moreLess
During 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.
The story
During 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.
Cast & crew
AnnabellaViana Volonska
Pierre RenoirColonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
Bernard LancretCésar Birsky
Pierre AlcoverThe Governor of Warsaw
Paul AmiotVladorowsky
Mady BerryThe landlady of the hotel
Pauline CartonThe landlady
Henry DarbrayCast
Jeanne Fusier-GirThe butler's daughter
Gilberte GéniatCatherine
Claire GérardThe nanny
Fabien LorisThe 836Explore the crew
- Director
- Marcel L'Herbier
- Director of Photography
- Louis Née
- Director of Photography
- Armand Thirard
- Editor
- Roger Spiri-Mercaton
- Writer
- J.J. Thoren
- Screenplay
- André Cerf
- Original Music Composer
- Arthur Honegger
- Original Music Composer
- Darius Milhaud