The Tamer
Belgian poster
Directed by	Pierre Colombier
Written by	Yves Allégret Károly Nóti René Pujol Robert Thoeren Jacques Viot
Produced by	Henri Ullmann
Starring	Saturnin Fabre Jean-Pierre Kérien Monique Rolland
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Edited by	Maurice Serein
Music by	Casimir Oberfeld
Production company	Productions Cinésonor
Distributed by	Les Distributeurs Français
Release date	14 December 1938 (1938-12-14)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Tamer (French: Le dompteur) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Saturnin Fabre, Jean-Pierre Kérien and Monique Rolland.^{[1] [2]} The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Raphaël inherits a travelling circus, on the condition that he take part in a show. He is terrified of wild animals, which leads to a plan to present him as the lion tamer using fake animals.

• Dorville as Le directeur du cirque
• Saturnin Fabre as Maître Anatole Dupont
• Jean-Pierre Kérien as Raphaël
• Monique Rolland as Gaby
• Andrex as Bertrand
• Rosita Montenegro as Rosita
• Alice Tissot as Hortense

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• The Tamer at IMDb

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