Du Guesclin is a 1949 French historical adventure film directed by Bernard de Latour and starring Fernand Gravey, Junie Astor and Ketti Gallian.Vincendeau p.152 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.Hart, Kevin J. The Reel Middle Ages : American, western and eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian films about medieval Europe. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2006 (p.288). 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
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Bibliography Vincendeau, Ginette . Stars and Stardom in French Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.
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