The Courier of Lyon (1923 film)

The Courier of Lyon
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Directed by	Léon Poirier
Written by	Alfred Delacour (play) Marc Mario Louis-Mathurin Moreau (play) Paul Siraudin (play) Maxime Vallois
Starring	Roger Karl Daniel Mendaille Émile Saint-Ober
Cinematography	Bernasseau Jean Letort
Production company	Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release dates	9 March 1923
Country	France
Language	Silent French intertitles

The Courier of Lyon (French: L'affaire du courrier de Lyon) is a 1923 French historical drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Roger Karl, Daniel Mendaille and Émile Saint-Ober.

It is based on the 1796 Courrier de Lyon case, which has been turned into many films including a 1937 French release The Courier of Lyon.

Main cast

• Roger Karl as Joseph Lesurques / Dubosc
• Daniel Mendaille as Le comte de Maupry
• Émile Saint-Ober as Durochat
• Laurence Myrga as Madeleine Brebant
• Suzanne Bianchetti as Clotilde d'Argence
• Blanche Montel as Mme Lesurques
• Marcel Bourdel as Vidal
• Paul Horace as Courriol
• Amy Vautrin as Elise Audebert
• Suzanne Dantès as Claudine Barrière
• Albert Brouett as Campion
• Émile Garandet as Guénot
• Colette Darfeuil
• Georges Deneubourg as L'accusateur public
• André Daven as Audebert

Bibliography

• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

• The Courier of Lyon at IMDb