Cordial Agreement
1939
110 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Victor Francen
Edouard VII, Prince and King
Bernard Lancret
Jean Roussel
Pierre Richard-Willm
Capt. Charles Roussel
Janine Darcey
Sylvia Clayton
Gaby Morlay
Queen Victoria
Jean Périer
President Emile Loubet
Jacques Baumer
Georges Clemenceau
Louis Seigner
German ambassador
André Lefaur
Lord Clayton
Arlette Marchal
Queen Alexandra
Junie Astor
Actress
Marcelle Praince
Lady Clayton
Nita Raya
Music Hall Star
Carine Nelson
Marjorie, lady-in-waiting
Jaque Catelain
Prince Consort
Jean Toulout
Lord Salisbury
André Roanne
Arthur Balfour
Jean d'Yd
Joë Chamberlain
Jacques Grétillat
Deputy Roussel
Robert Pizani
Paul Cambon
Paul Amiot
Prince of Bulow
Aimé Clariond
Russian ambassador
Jean Brochard
Valet
Abel Tarride
Maître d'hôtel
Sinoël
Concierge
Anthony Gildès
Secretary
Pierre Labry
Journalist
Dorville
Coachman
Jean Worms
Théophile Delcassé
Jean Galland
General Kitchener
Liliane Lesaffre
Concierge’s daughter
Suzanne Devoyod
Lady-in-waiting
Ginette Gaubert
Jeanne Granier
Gabrielle Fontan
Lady of the Court
Génia Vaury
Madame de Lormes
Christiane Ribes
Madame de Vaumoise
A. Appels
Raymonde Allain
The beautiful Otéro
Georges Tourreil
Captain Marchand
Léon Arvel
Sir Arthur
Georges Jamin
Jacques Henley
Ambassador
Roger Monteaux
Frédéric Mariotti
Coachman
Charles Vissières
Doctor
Harrous
Yves Brainville
Journalist
Maurice Mosnier
Berquielle
Jacques Mattler
Jacques Beauvais
Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)
Jean Buquet
Little Prince (uncredited)
Dora Doll
Extra (uncredited)
Eugène Stuber
Newspaper crier (uncredited)