Summary
In a working class district of Paris, Lisette works at home as a typist and lives with
her grandmother and brother Joseph. She is in love with Amédée, a
young man who lives in the same building. Lisette is unaware that Amédée
is the son of General Morin, a pompous military man who would never agree to their getting
married. Fate offers a helping hand when Joseph rescues the General’s young granddaughter
from drowning...
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Credits
- Director: Louis Feuillade
- Script: Jean-François-Alfred Bayard, Louis Feuillade, Émile Vanderbruch
- Photo: Maurice Champreux, Léon Morizet, Xipov
- Cast: Sandra Milovanoff (Lisette), René Poyen (Joseph), Berthe Jalabert (La grand-mère), Jean Devalde (Amédée), Bouboule (Gaby), Henri-Amédée Charpentier (Bizot), Renée van Delly (Madame de Mersange), Adolphe Candé (Le général)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 120 min; B&W; silent
- Aka: Paris Urchin
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