Du Guesclin is a 1949 French historical adventure film directed by Bernard de Latour and starring Fernand Gravey, Junie Astor and Ketti Gallian. 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. It is based on the novel Du Guesclin by Roger Vercel. It was filmed at Marseille Studios and on location at the Château de Dinan in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.
Cast
- Fernand Gravey as Bertrand du Guesclin
- Junie Astor as Tiphaine Raguenel
- Ketti Gallian as Jeanne de Mallemains
- Noël Roquevert as Jagu, Bertrand's friend
- Howard Vernon as Lancaster
- Gérard Oury as Charles V of France
- Gisèle Casadesus as Jeanne, the Countess of Penthièvre
- Louis de Funès as Astrologer
- Marcel Delaître as Chandos
- Léon Bary as Léon Barry
- Michel Salina as Canterbury
- Paul Amiot as Le duc d'Anjou
- Suzanne Nivette as Soeur Anne-Marie
References
Bibliography
- Vincendeau, Ginette . Stars and Stardom in French Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.
External links
- Du Guesclin at IMDb
