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Maman Colibri
Also known as Irene Rysbergues große Liebe in Germany; Mother Hummingbird in the USA
(1929) France/Germany
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Cast: Maria Jacobini [Irène de Rysbergue], Jean Dax [Baron de Rysbergue], Jean Gerrard (Jean Gérard) [Richard de Rysbergue], Franz Lederer (Francis Lederer) [Georges de Chambry], Hélène Hallier [Miss Dickson], Lya Lys [la jeune femme (the young woman)], Madame Baume [la gouvernante (the housekeeper)], Jean-Paul de Baere [Paul de Rysbergue]
Le Film d’Art and Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft production; distributed by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA] (Germany) and [?] Le Film d’Art? (France). / Produced by Charles Delac and Marcel Vandal. Scenario by Noël Renard and Julien Duvivier, from an adaptation by Julien Duvivier, Hans Székely and Joe May of the play Maman Colibri by Henri Bataille. Art direction by Christian-Jaque and Fernand Delattre. Matte painter, W. Percy Day. Assistant director, Marcel Dumont. Cinematography by Gaston Haon and Armand Thirard + [René Guychard (René Guichard)]. / Released 23 October 1929 (Germany) and 5 February 1930 (France). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as Maman Colibri (1918). The play was subsequently filmed as Maman Colibri (1937). / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Gosfilmofond film archive [35mm duplicate negative (German release version)]; and in the holdings of FPA France (Lobster Films collection) [16mm reduction positive (French release version)].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 19 March 2025.
References: ClasIm-301 p. 50 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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