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
François Dunoyer
as Samuel Guérin
François Marthouret
as Lieutenant François de la Fage
Gabriel Gascon
as Captain Alexandre Poul
Hélène Vincent
as Catherine de Vergnas
Christine Laurent
as Marguerite Combes
Janine Souchon
as 'La Geôlière'
Dominique Labourier
as Marie Bancilhon
Christiane Rorato
as 'La Brunet'
Maurice Bénichou
as Moïse Plantat
Jean Benguigui
as Jean-Baptiste Fort
Gérard Desarthe
as Abraham Mazel
Philippe Clévenot
as 'La Fleur'
Raoul Billerey
as Brigadier
Rufus
as Jacques Combassous
André Reybaz
as Baron of Vergnas
Jacques Debary
as Gédéon Laporte
Geneviève Mnich
as Flore Génoyer
Olivier Perrier
as Bouzanquet
Philippe Nahon
as Reboul
Nicolas Philibert
Jean Bouise
as Coachman
Isabelle Sadoyan
as Madame Villeneuve
