Du Guesclin (film)
| Du Guesclin | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bernard de Latour |
| Written by | Bernard de Latour Roger Vercel |
| Produced by | André Paulvé Edouard Lepage |
| Starring | Fernand Gravey |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Toporkoff |
| Edited by | Maurice Serein |
| Music by | Maurice Thiriet |
Release date | 3 June 1949 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Du Guesclin (French: Du Guesclin) is a French film from 1948, directed and written by Bernard de Latour, starring Fernand Gravey. The film features Louis de Funès as an astrologer.[1]
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.[2]
Cast
- Fernand Gravey: Bertrand du Guesclin
- Junie Astor: Tiphaine Raguenel
- Ketti Gallian: Jeanne de Mallemains
- Noël Roquevert: Jagu, Bertrand's friend
- Gérard Oury: Charles V of France
- Gisèle Casadesus: Jeanne, the Countess of Penthièvre (Joan, Duchess of Brittany)
- Louis de Funès: astrologer
- Marcel Delaître: Chandos
- Léon Bary: Léon Barry
- Gisèle Casadesus: Sylvie
References
- ^ Du Guesclin at IMDb
- ^ 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).
External links
- Du Guesclin at IMDb
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