The Abbot Constantine (French: L'abbé Constantin) is a 1925 French silent comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Coquelin, Pierre Stéphen and Claude France. It is based on the novel The Abbot Constantine by Ludovic Halévy. The novel was remade as a sound film in 1933.
Synopsis
A French Catholic Priest is horrified when he learns that two Protestant American women have moved in nearby. However he is soon on good terms with them, and his nephew eventually falls in love with one of them.
Cast
Jean Coquelin as L'abbé Constantin
Pierre Stéphen as Paul de Lavardens
Claude France as Mrs. Scott
Georges Lannes as Jean Reynaud
Geneviève Cargese as Bettina Percival
as Comtesse de Lavardens
Georges Deneubourg as Comte de Larnac
Angèle Decori as Pauline
Roberto Pia as Bernard, le jardinier
Robby Guichard
Lionel Salem
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.