The Citadel of Silence

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.

• Marcel L'HerbierDirector
• J.J. ThorenWriter
• André CerfScreenplay
• Arthur HoneggerOriginal Music Composer
• Darius MilhaudOriginal Music Composer

• 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 836