Du Guesclin (film)
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| Directed by | Bernard de Latour |
| Written by | Bernard de Latour Roger Vercel |
| Produced by | André Paulvé Edouard Lepage |
| Starring | Fernand Gravey Junie Astor Ketti Gallian |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Toporkoff |
| Edited by | Maurice Serein |
| Music by | Maurice Thiriet |
Production company | Les Films du Verseau |
| Distributed by | DisCina |
Release date | 3 June 1949 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Du Guesclin is a 1949 French historical adventure film directed by Bernard de Latour and starring Fernand Gravey, Junie Astor and Ketti Gallian.[1] [2] The film is a biopic about Bertrand du Guesclin, a baron, Constable of France, and high-ranked officer in the French Army of the 14th Century, who fights in the Hundred Years' War.[3] It was filmed at Marseille Studios and on location at the Château de Dinan in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.
Cast[edit]
- Fernand Gravey as Bertrand du Guesclin
- Junie Astor as Tiphaine Raguenel
- Ketti Gallian as Jeanne de Mallemains
- Noël Roquevert as Jagu, Bertrand's friend
- Howard Vernon as Lancaster
- Gérard Oury as Charles V of France
- Gisèle Casadesus as Jeanne, the Countess of Penthièvre
- Louis de Funès as Astrologer
- Marcel Delaître as Chandos
- Léon Bary as Léon Barry
- Michel Salina as Canterbury
- Paul Amiot as Le duc d'Anjou
- Suzanne Nivette as Soeur Anne-Marie
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/5234/du-guesclin
- ^ Vincendeau p.152
- ^ Hart, Kevin J. The Reel Middle Ages : American, western and eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian films about medieval Europe. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2006 ISBN 9780786426577 (p.288).
Bibliography[edit]
- Vincendeau, Ginette . Stars and Stardom in French Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.
External links[edit]
- Du Guesclin at IMDb
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