Les Chouans
1947 History / Drama   
Director: Henri Calef
Starring: Jean Marais, Madeleine LeBeau, Madeleine Robinson, Paul Amiot, Roland Armontel
 
Summary
In 1779, the Marquis de Montauran returns to France and becomes the figurehead of a royalist uprising known as the Chouans.  Their Republican enemies recruit the aristocrat Marie de Verneuil to capture the Marquis and thereby weaken the resolve of the Chouans.  Unfortunately, Marie falls in love with the Marquis and is prepared to do anything so that she can marry him...
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Credits
  • Director: Henri Calef
  • Script: Pierre Brive, Honoré de Balzac (novel), Charles Spaak
  • Photo: Claude Renoir
  • Music: Joseph Kosma
  • Cast: Jean Marais (Le marquis de Montauran), Madeleine LeBeau (Marie de Verneuil), Madeleine Robinson (Madame du Gua), Paul Amiot, Roland Armontel (Beau Pied), Jean Brochard (Marche à terre), André Carnège, Jacques Charon (Lieutenant Merle), Pierre Dux (Hulot), Guy Favières (Galope Chopine), Marcel Herrand (Corentin), Léo Lapara (Pille-Miche), Georges Paulais, Louis Seigner (L’abbé Gudin), Howard Vernon (Capitaine Gérard)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 109 min; B&W
  • Aka: The Royalists



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