La Marseillaise (film)
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La Marseillaise is a film about the early part of the French Revolution
. The film was directed by Jean Renoir
. La Marseillaise is shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI each showing their own small problems.
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
. The film was directed by Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s...
. La Marseillaise is shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI each showing their own small problems.
Cast
- Pierre RenoirPierre RenoirPierre Renoir was a French stage and film actor and served briefly as the director of the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris, taking over after the death of Louis Jouvet in 1951....
as Louis XVI - Lise DelamareLise Delamare-Selected filmography:* La Marseillaise * La fausse maîtresse * The Count of Monte Cristo * A Certain Mister * The King of the Bla Bla Bla * Lola Montès * Captain Blood...
as La Reine Marie-Antoinette - Léon LariveLéon LariveLéon Larive was a French film actor. He appeared in 95 films between 1923 and 1961.-Selected filmography:* Return to Life * The Rules of the Game * The Tale of the Fox -External links:...
as Picard - William Aguet as La Rochefoucauld
- Elisa Ruis as La princesse de Lamballe
- Germaine Lefebvre as Madame Élisabeth
- Louis JouvetLouis JouvetLouis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
as Roederer - Georges SpanellyGeorges SpanellyGeorges Spanelly was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry.-External links:...
as La Chesnaye