L'Homme du large

L'Homme du large
Directed byMarcel L'Herbier
Written byMarcel L'Herbier (scenario)
Honoré de Balzac (story)
StarringJaque Catelain
Roger Karl
Marcelle Pradot
CinematographyGeorges Lucas
Edited byJaque Catelain
Marcel L'Herbier
Production
company
Gaumont Série Pax
Release date
  • 3 December 1920 (1920-12-03)
Running time
85 minutes (2256 metres)
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent film

L' Homme du large (English: Man of the Sea or Man of the Open Seas) is a 1920 French silent film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and based on a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was filmed on the rugged southern coast of Brittany creating atmosphere in a film about the forces of good and evil that motivate human behaviour.