Synopsis
A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
85 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean AurencheScreenplay
- Antoine DuhamelOriginal Music Composer
- Bertrand TavernierScreenplay
- Bertrand TavernierDirector
Cast
- Philippe NoiretPhilip of Orléans
- Jean RochefortAbbot Dubois
- Jean-Pierre MarielleThe Marquis de Pontcallec
- Marina VladyThe Marchioness of Parabère
- Christine PascalEmilie
- Alfred AdamFrançois de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
- Jean-Roger CaussimonThe Cardinal
- Gérard DesartheThe Duke of Bourbon
- Michel BeauneCaptain La Griolais
- Monique ChaumetteYvonne, governess of Pontcallec
- François DyrekMontlouis
- Jean-Paul FarréFather Burdo
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Themes
prisoneramputationdeportationscandalpriestcannibalincest