La Forteresse is a 1947 Canadian feature film

Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

 directed by Fyodor Otsep that uses a french language

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 screenplay

Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...

 by Rian James

Rian James

Rian James was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 39 films between 1932 and 1947. He was born in Eagle Pass, Texas.-Selected filmography:* Love Is a Racket * Lawyer Man...

 and Leonard Lee

Leonard Lee

Leonard G. Lee, CM is a Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Lee Valley Tools and Canica Design. Born in 1938, near the hamlet of Algrove in central, rural Saskatchewan, he grew up in a log cabin without electricity or running water....

. The films stars Paul Dupuis

Paul Dupuis

Paul Dupuis was a French Canadian film actor who was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and performed in British films during the late 1940s. The roles he played were mainly as the romantic leading man...

 as Michel Lacoste, Jacques Auger as Albert Frédéric, Nicole Germain

Nicole Germain

Nicole Germain, C.M. was a Canadian actress in Quebec radio and film in the 40s and 50s and later as a journalist. In 1974, she was named a member of the Order of Canada.-Personal life:...

 as Marie Roberts, Henri Letondal as Edward Durant, Lucie Poitras as Mother Superior, Armande Lebrun as Renée Brancourt, and Mimi D'Estée as Blanche Lacoste. Composer Morris Davis

Morris Davis (composer)

Morris Cecil Davis was a Canadian composer, arranger, and conductor. He was sometimes referred to as "Rusty Davis". A largely self-taught composer and orchestrater, he wrote more than 200 jingles for Canadian radio and television...

 wrote the picture's film score

Film score

A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...

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