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Madame DuBarry (1919)
, 1h53Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Bernhard Goetzke, Paul Wegener, Eduard von Winterstein
Histoire d'amour entre deux personnages, histoire d'une femme du peuple qui réussit grâce à ses liaisons avec des hommes de pouvoirs à s'élever dans la société révolutionnaire française. Madame du Barry arrive notamment à intégrer la cour de Louis XV et à devenir la favorite de celui-ci. L'amour déçu, présent dans tout le film, est le moteur de l'action révolutionnaire.
Becky Sharp (1935)
, 1h24Directed by Lowell Sherman, Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films, Films based on plays, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Nigel Bruce, Alison Skipworth
Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins), a socially ambitious English young lady manages to survive during the years following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
, 2h8Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper, Henry Wilcoxon, Heather Angel
The story begins with an ageing, alcoholic woman (Vivien Leigh) being clapped into debtors' prison in the slums of Calais. In a husky, despairing, whiskey-soaked voice, the former Lady Hamilton narrates the story of her life to her skeptical fellow inmates. In one of the early scenes that launches the flashback, Emma, well past her prime, looks into a mirror and remembers "the face I knew before," the face of the young, lovely girl who captured the imagination of artists - most notably George Romney and Joshua Reynolds.
Marie Antoinette (1938)
, 2h29Directed by Jacques Tourneur, W. S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut
In Vienna, 15-year-old Marie Antoinette (Norma Shearer) is informed by her mother, Empress Marie Therese of Austria (Alma Kruger), that Marie is to marry the future King of France, the Dauphin Louis XVI (Robert Morley). The young princess is excited to meet her future husband and live as a queen, but the Dauphin she married is actually a shy man, more at home with locksmithing than attending parties at the court at Versailles. After they are married, Marie tries desperately to please her husband, and after some trepidation, the Dauphin realizes he can trust Marie and tells her he cannot produce heirs. Without children to occupy her time and attention, Marie is bored and associates with the power-hungry Duc d'Orleans (Joseph Schildkraut), even though the Dauphin does not like him.
Napoleon (1955)
, 3h2Directed by Sacha Guitry
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Daniel Gélin, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Raymond Pellegrin, Michèle Morgan, Sacha Guitry
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
, 2h10Directed by Sacha Guitry
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical
Themes Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Gérard Philipe, Françoise Arnoul, Sacha Guitry, Danielle Darrieux, Michèle Morgan, Jean Marais
L'histoire de Paris, de ses origines à 1955, racontée à de jeunes étudiants par Sacha Guitry, sous forme de « déclaration d'amour lucide ». Sont notamment évoqués la première rencontre de Charles VII (Paul Colline) et d'Agnès Sorel (Danielle Darrieux), la création de l'imprimerie sous l'impulsion de Louis XI (Sacha Guitry), le Louvre au temps de François Ier (Jean Marais), le vol de la Joconde, la nuit de la Saint-Barthélemy, l'assassinat d'Henri III (Jean Weber) par un moine fanatique, l'abjuration d'Henri IV (Jean Martinelli) à la prière de sa maîtresse Gabrielle d'Estrées (Michèle Morgan), l'embastillement du conseiller Broussel (Pierre Larquey) et celui du jeune Voltaire (Bernard Dhéran), l'énigme de l'homme au Masque de Fer, les évasions de Latude (Robert Lamoureux), les salons littéraires de Mmes Geoffrin (Jeanne Boitel) et d'Epinay (Suzanne Dantès), le règne de Rose Bertin (Sophie Desmarets) sur la mode 1780, l'agonie de Voltaire (Jacques de Féraudy) et son enterrement à la sauvette, la prise de la Bastille commentée par Beaumarchais (Aimé Clariond), l'exécution de Louis XVI (Gilbert Boka) et le procès de Marie-Antoinette (Lana Marconi), les soirées littéraires au café Procope, la Commune de Paris, l'affaire Dreyfus, les premières de Louise et de Cyrano de Bergerac, la découverte du vaccin antirabique par Pasteur...
Madame (1961)
, 1h38Directed by Christian-Jaque
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes French war films, Political films, Films based on plays, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein, Julien Bertheau, Gianrico Tedeschi, Renaud Mary, Marina Berti
Catherine est lingère durant la Révolution. Elle fournit un jeune lieutenant, désargenté, qui oublie de la payer. Elle est courtisée par un sous-officier, le sergent Lefebvre, mais elle est soucieuse de sa réputation... Le 10 août 1792, durant les émeutes parisiennes, c´est dans sa cour que le canon est tiré, vers les Tuileries. Puis, elle suivra son mari, le sergent Lefebvre, épousé entre deux campagnes napoléoniennes, dans ses pérégrinations militaires.
Seven Guys and a Gal (1967)
, 1h30Directed by Bernard Borderie
Origin France
Genres Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Jean Marais, Guy Bedos, Marilù Tolo, Sydney Chaplin, Florin Piersic, Ettore Manni
Les péripéties de deux capitaines de l'armée de Napoléon et d'une comtesse italienne, accompagnés de quelques soldats français, en pleine guerre avec les Autrichiens.
Dangerous Exile (1957)
, 1h31Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Keith Michell, Richard O'Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie
The Duke Philippe de Beauvais smuggles his own son into the prison cell where Louis XVII is kept. Thus Louis XVII can escape unnoticed to England. Unfortunately the aerostat, steered by Duke Philippe de Beauvais, lands accidentally on a remote island. There an American spinster, Virginia Traill, takes care of the strange child. She finds the dauphin profoundly traumatised and not interested in becoming a king. Meanwhile Louis' uncle in Vienna has declared himself the new French king. In order to safeguard his claim on the throne, he sends assassins who shall murder the dauphin. Being unaware of the exchange, he has Richard de Beauvais killed. But now the dauphin's torturers recognise they have been deceived. Informed by a message of an English spy they send a ship to the island where the real dauphin hides. They attack the house of Virginia Traill and stop at nothing to detect the dauphin's hiding-place.
War and Peace (1966)
Directed by Serge Bondartchouk
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Serge Bondartchouk, Lioudmila Savelieva, Viatcheslav Tikhonov, Aleksandr Borisov, Oleg Tabakov, Nonna Mordioukova
Andrei Bolkonsky In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon. As Pierre's father recognizes him, he attracts the attention of Hélène Kuragin and marries her, only to discover she is unfaithful to him. Bolkonsky takes part in the failed campaign in Austria, where he witnesses the Battle of Schöngrabern and the Battle of Austerlitz. The prince is badly wounded and is mistaken for dead. His wife dies at childbirth. Bolkonsky returns to his home and meets Natasha Rostova, the young daughter of a count.
, 1h38Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Themes Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Laura Antonelli, Sami Frey, Michel Auclair, Julien Guiomar
Having killed a noble too friendly with his wife Charlotte, Nicolas Phillibert flees from France to South Carolina, where he does well and wants to marry a rich man’s daughter. To do so, he will first have to return to France and get a divorce. On landing at Nantes in 1793, the Reign of Terror is raging and he is arrested by the revolutionaries. Taken to a republican ceremony in the cathedral, he saves the life of a royalist girl, Pauline, and escapes with her to an isolated castle. There he finds Charlotte, claiming to be a widow, with Pauline’s brother Henri. A prince arrives from London to organise resistance in the Vendée and is struck by Charlotte, who was told by a gypsy that she would become a princess. She admits that she is married to Nicolas, so the prince has him drugged and carried into Nantes city hall to get a divorce. Put back on his ship for America, Nicolas’ divorce certificate blows overboard. Diving into the Loire, he swims ashore to find Charlotte again, but she has left with the prince for neutral Germany. Pursuing her across France in the throes of the Austrian invasion, he catches her at the frontier. Fifteen years later, Nicolas is made a prince by Napoleon and the gypsy’s prediction comes true.
The Night of Varennes (1982)
Directed by Ettore Scola
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Road movies, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Didi Perego
À Paris, en juin 1791, l’écrivain libertin Restif de La Bretonne est le témoin du départ, en pleine nuit et depuis le Palais Royal, d’un mystérieux carrosse. Intrigué, Restif se lance à sa poursuite en compagnie de Giacomo Casanova. Il découvre bientôt que ce carrosse tente d’en rejoindre un autre parti plus tôt et dont les occupants ne sont rien de moins que les membres de la famille royale…
The Lady and the Duke (2001)
, 2h9Directed by Éric Rohmer
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Lucy Russell, Rosette, François Marthouret, Serge Renko, François-Marie Banier
Le film présente le point de vue d'une aristocrate anglaise, Grace Elliott, pendant la Révolution française. C'est une amie proche du duc d'Orléans (Philippe Égalité).
The Duellists (1977)
, 1h35Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Robert Stephens, Tom Conti
In Strasbourg in 1800, fervent Bonapartist and obsessive duellist Lieutenant Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel) of the French 7th Hussars, nearly kills the nephew of the city's mayor in a sword duel. Under pressure from the mayor, Brigadier-General Treillard (Robert Stephens) sends a member of his staff, Lieutenant Armand d'Hubert (Keith Carradine) of the 3rd Hussars, to put Feraud under house arrest. As the arrest takes place in the house of Madame de Lionne (Jenny Runacre), a prominent local lady, Feraud takes it as a personal insult from d'Hubert. Matters are made worse when Feraud asks d'Hubert if he would "let them spit on Napoleon" and d'Hubert doesn't immediately reply. Upon reaching his quarters, Feraud challenges d'Hubert to a duel. The duel is inconclusive; d'Hubert slashes Feraud's forearm but is unable to finish him off, because he is attacked by Feraud's housemaid. As a result of his part in the duel, d'Hubert is dismissed from the General's staff and returned to active duty with his unit.
Lady Oscar (1979)
, 2h4Directed by Jacques Demy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Patsy Kensit, Christine Böhm, Georges Wilson, Jonas Bergström
Oscar Françoise de Jarjayes (Catriona MacColl) is a young woman whose father, a career military man, wanted a boy. After she was born her father took to dressing Oscar in boy's clothes and raising her as a man. Privately Oscar acknowledges her feminine side, she dresses as a man and gains an honored position as a guard of Marie Antoinette (Christina Bohm). In her youth, Oscar is in love with Andre (Barry Stokes), the son of the family's housekeeper. Years later, when the French Revolution begins, Oscar and Andre's paths cross for the first time in years. With the assault on the Bastille, Oscar and Andre find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the revolution.