La Fayette (film)
La Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles.[1] The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.
Cast
- Pascale Audret - Adrienne de La Fayette
- Jack Hawkins - General Cornwallis
- Michel Le Royer - La Fayette
- Folco Lulli - Le Boursier
- Wolfgang Preiss - Baron Kalb
- Liselotte Pulver - Marie Antoinette
- Edmund Purdom - Silas Deane
- Georges Rivière - Vergennes
- Rosanna Schiaffino - Comtesse de Simiane
- Howard St. John - George Washington
- Vittorio De Sica - Bancroft
- Orson Welles - Benjamin Franklin
- Jacques Castelot - Duc d'Ayen
- Jean-Roger Caussimon - Maurepas
- Jean-Jacques Delbo - L'exempt
References
External links
- La Fayette at IMDb
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