1961-09-06
100 mins
The Plot
Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get her valuable lands in dowry. The King is wise to this, and since his daughter does not feel inclined to accept, he refuses. Charles sets up a plan to abduct the prince, in a way that the suspicions will fall upon Robert de Neuville, a noble enamoured of the princess. Robert manages to free her from the castle where she was being kept. Charles keeps setting traps, and managing people to perjure against Jeanne, and the King himself. Finally, Jeanne escapes alive from a pack of wolves, who set watching the lady alone in the snow covered woods, instead of attacking her. Charles does yet accuse her of being a witch - wishing to have her dead rather than being the wife of Robert... Robert will be her champion in a Judgement of God. Will the 'miracle of the wolfs' repeat itself, or fearless Charles defeat Robert in the sword duel?
Cast and Crew
Jean Marais
Robert de Neuville
Rosanna Schiaffino
Jeanne de Beauvais
Roger Hanin
Charles le Téméraire
Jean-Louis Barrault
Louis XI
Guy Delorme
De Sénac
Annie Anderson
Catherine du Tillais
Raphaël Albert-Lambert
Le favori de Charles
Raoul Billerey
Jérôme
Jean Lanier
Un évêque
Georges Lycan
Sire de Gavray
Bernard Musson
Un évêque
Pierre Palfray
Mathieu
Jacques Seiler
L'héraut
Roger Van Mullem
Laurence Lignières
La chambrière de Bourgogne
Jean Blancheur
Paul Bonifas
Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI
Charles Bouillaud
Olivier Le Daim
François Charet
L'écuyer de Robert
Alberto Herrero Tirado
Benoîte Labb
Une paysanne
Pierre Moncorbier
Maître Ghislain
René Roussel
Richard Saint-Bris
Louis Arbessier
Comte Hesselin
Jean Marchat
L'évêque
Jacques Balutin
Un spadassin (uncredited)
Raymond Bernard
(uncredited)
Claude Carliez
Un soldat (uncredited)
Yvan Chiffre
Un baladin (uncredited)
Robert Dalban
Le faux courrier de Liège (uncredited)
Franck Estange
Un villageois (uncredited)
Henri Guégan
Un baladin (uncredited)
Rico López
Un baladin (uncredited)
Hubert Noël
Récitant / Narrator (uncredited)
Paul Préboist
Un baladin (uncredited)
Jean-Michel Rouzière
Un soldat (uncredited)
