Cordial Agreement
movie
Released April 20, 1939
Overview
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
Victor Francen
as
Edouard VII, Prince and King
Bernard Lancret
as
Jean Roussel
Pierre Richard-Willm
as
Capt. Charles Roussel
Janine Darcey
as
Sylvia Clayton
Gaby Morlay
as
Queen Victoria
Jean Périer
as
President Emile Loubet
Jacques Baumer
as
Georges Clemenceau
Louis Seigner
as
German ambassador
André Lefaur
as
Lord Clayton
Arlette Marchal
as
Queen Alexandra
Junie Astor
as
Actress
Marcelle Praince
as
Lady Clayton
