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Nana

1926 · FR

Directed by Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir, 1926, from Zola, starring his wife Catherine Hessling as Nana. A theatre girl becomes the ruin of counts and soldiers; the apartments get larger and the men smaller. It was an expensive French silent, designed to look like money, and it did not earn it back. Autant-Lara worked on the décors. CNC restorations are how it is seen. Renoir is not yet the director of the 1930s; Hessling is already a problem the camera cannot solve by loving her.

Romance · Drama

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1926 · Source: DonaldPBorchersOG

Public domain presentation

Public Domain Source

DonaldPBorchersOG

In French Avant-Garde

Cast & Crew

Jean Renoir · DirectorCatherine Hessling · NanaPierre Lestringuez · Bordenave

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Party Girl: Nana (1926) — R. Emmet Sweeney

Critical analysis of Renoir's ambitious adaptation of Zola's novel.

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Nana 1926, directed by Jean Renoir | Film review — TimeOut

Review of Renoir's most expensive production and artistic achievement.

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Cast

Principal players
C

Catherine Hessling

Nana

P

Pierre Lestringuez

Bordenave

Jacqueline Forzane

Jacqueline Forzane

Countess Sabine Muffat

Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss

Count Muffat

Jean Angelo

Jean Angelo

Count de Vandeuvres

Raymond Guérin-Catelain

Raymond Guérin-Catelain

Georges Hugon

Claude Autant-Lara

Claude Autant-Lara

Fauchery

P

Pierre Champagne

Hector de la Faloise

K

Karl Harbacher

Francis

Valeska Gert

Valeska Gert

Zoe

J

Jacqueline Ford

Rose Mignon

Dennis Price

Dennis Price

Nana's Jockey

G

Gresham

Lusignan's Jockey

Luc Dartagnan

Luc Dartagnan

Maréchal

N

Nita Romani

Satin

Crew

Pierre Lestringuez

writer

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