Cordial Agreement

1h 50m

5.4

The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.

Cast

Edouard VII, Prince and King

Bernard Lancret

Pierre Richard-Willm

Capt. Charles Roussel

President Emile Loubet

Georges Clemenceau

German ambassador

Arlette Marchal

Queen Alexandra

Marcelle Praince

Music Hall Star

Marjorie, lady-in-waiting

Joë Chamberlain

Jacques Grétillat

Prince of Bulow

Russian ambassador

Maître d'hôtel

Anthony Gildès

Théophile Delcassé

General Kitchener

Liliane Lesaffre

Concierge’s daughter

Suzanne Devoyod

Lady-in-waiting

Ginette Gaubert

Gabrielle Fontan

Lady of the Court

Madame de Lormes

Christiane Ribes

Madame de Vaumoise

Raymonde Allain

The beautiful Otéro

Georges Tourreil

Captain Marchand

Frédéric Mariotti

Charles Vissières

Yves Brainville

Maurice Mosnier

Jacques Mattler

Jacques Beauvais

Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)

Little Prince (uncredited)

Extra (uncredited)

Newspaper crier (uncredited)

Crew

Marcel L'Herbier

Director of Photography

Theodore J. Pahle

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

Production Director