The French Calvinists
Les camisards
Release: 1972-02-22
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 6.0
History
Drama
A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers, formed groups following Gédéon Laporte and fought Louis XIV's dragoons.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Polsim Productions
ORTF
Cast
Geneviève Mnich
as Flore Génoyer
Raoul Billerey
as Brigadier
Jean Bouise
as Coachman
Gérard Desarthe
as Abraham Mazel
Isabelle Sadoyan
as Madame Villeneuve
Maurice Bénichou
as Moïse Plantat
Jean Benguigui
as Jean-Baptiste Fort
Jacques Debary
as Gédéon Laporte
Philippe Clévenot
as 'La Fleur'
Nicolas Philibert
Gabriel Gascon
as Captain Alexandre Poul
Rufus
as Jacques Combassous
François Marthouret
as Lieutenant François de la Fage
Christine Laurent
as Marguerite Combes
François Dunoyer
as Samuel Guérin
Hélène Vincent
as Catherine de Vergnas
Philippe Nahon
as Reboul
Janine Souchon
as 'La Geôlière'
Dominique Labourier
as Marie Bancilhon
André Reybaz
as Baron of Vergnas
Christiane Rorato
as 'La Brunet'
Olivier Perrier
as Bouzanquet