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The Orchid Dancer (French: La danseuse Orchidée) is a 1928 French silent drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Louise Lagrange, Ricardo Cortez and Xenia Desni. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's art direction was by Jacques-Laurent Atthalin and Henri Ménessier




Synopsis


Luicha returns briefly to her home town in the Basque Country to visit her mother. She says she works as a teacher in Paris. One of the young men falls in love with her and asks her to marry him. She is attracted to him, but says she can't marry him and hastily returns to the French capital. He follows her there and discovers she is famous in Paris as an exotic dancer known as "The Orchid Dancer".




Cast


Louise Lagrange as Luicha Irrigoyen, la danseuse Orchidée
Ricardo Cortez as Yoanes Etchegarry dit Jean Barliave
Xenia Desni as Marise Laborde
Danièle Parola as Miss Flute
Marthe Lepers as Kattalin
Gaston Jacquet as Buguelle
Henri Richard as Martineau
Sig Arno as Paulo
Henriette Clairval-Terof as Madeleine
Thérèse de Zunin as La baronne d'Ange
Gerald Fielding as Doulaze
Ernest Chambery as Le baron d'Ange
Armand Dutertre as Le régisseur
Madame Stavelly as Madame Deraing
Damorès as Le professeur
Henri Mène as Ignacio
M. Violette as L'aide
Julio de Romero as Horowitz
Flore Deschamps as La secrétaire
Marcya Capri
Yvette Dubost
Nilda Duclos
Denise Lorys
Gil Roland




References






Bibliography


Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.




External links


The Orchid Dancer at IMDb

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