Query: French black-and-white films set in the 19th century, excluding drama films.
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Michel Strogoff (1926 film)
The Revenge of Baccarat
The Farewell Waltz (1928 film)
Serenade (1940 film)
Rigolboche (film)
Michel Strogoff (1936 film)
Madame Récamier (1928 film)
Die Fledermaus (1931 film)
Evidence from documents: Michel Strogoff (1926 film): ''''Michel Strogoff''''' is a 1926 French silent historical adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko and Acho Chakatouny. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel ''Michael Strogoff''.
A number of filmmakers involved were exiles from the Russian Revolution of 1917. The film's art direction was by Eduardo Gosch, César Lacca, Alexandre Lochakoff, Vladimir Meingard and Pierre Schild who recreated the atmosphere of the mid-nineteenth century Russian Empire.
The Farewell Waltz (1928 film): '''''The Farewell Waltz''''' (French: '''''La valse de l'adieu''''') is a 1928 French silent biographical film
Serenade (1940 film): '''''Serenade''''' or '''''Schubert's Serenade''''' () is a 1940 French historical film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet and Bernard Lancret. It portrays a fictional romance between the Austrian composer Franz Schubert and an English dancer. The film was the first of two the Anglo-German actress Lillian Harvey made in France, after leaving Nazi Germany.
Rigolboche (film): '''''Rigolboche''''' is a 1936 French historical musical film
Michel Strogoff (1936 film): '''''Michel Strogoff''''' is a 1936 French historical adventure film
Madame Récamier (1928 film): '''''Madame Récamier''''' is a 1928 French silent historical film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay, and Edmond Van Daële. The film portrays the life of Juliette Récamier, a French society figure of the Napoleonic Era. She was also the subject of a 1920 German film of the same name.
Die Fledermaus (1931 film): '''''Die Fledermaus''''' is a 1931 French-German musical film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Anny Ondra, Georg Alexander, and Oskar Sima.