Le mot de Cambronne

Mrs. Cambronne, of British origin, seeks to understand the meaning behind the famous "remark" made by her husband, General Pierre Cambronne, which has been widely recounted. She presses him with questions, but the general refuses to offer any explanation and remains silent. The film is an adaptation of Sacha Guitry’s play of the same name, also written in 1936. It was released in cinemas on 26 March 1937 at the Cinéma Normandie in Paris’s 8th arrondissement. The film was shot in a single afternoon on November 19, 1936, featuring the four actors who had originally performed the play on stage. The props came from the theater and were returned there that same evening. As Guitry explains at the beginning of his film, this production is dedicated to the memory of Edmond Rostand, who suggested the subject of the play—on which the film is based—to the author of "Mot de Cambronne."