Paris, 1418. The city is occupied by the Armagnacs, besieged by Philip of Burgundy. Caboche, a butcher's guild member and supporter of the Burgundians, wants to marry a young woman. To do so, he denounces his father, who is soon after murdered. The Grand Conétable of Burgundy also has his eye on Catherine, but will not be able to take her because Duke Philippe has fallen in love with her.
Costume
Velvet capes and plague-era peasant rags, authentically grimy.
Production
1969 Paris standing in for 1418 Paris, somehow works.
Director
Bernard Borderie
Olga Georges-Picot
Catherine
Francine Bergé
Sarah
Roger Van Hool
Arnaud de Montsalvy
Horst Frank
Duke Philippe
Roger Pigaut
Grand Constable Garin
André Pousse
Barnabé
Claude Brasseur
Caboche
Bérengère Dautun
Joëlle
Fred Williams
Michel de Montsalvy
Guy Delorme
Lifan
Arturo Dominici
'La Grêle'
Robert Berri
'Doux-Jésus'
Aline Bertrand
Chambermaid
Paul Mercey
Tavel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Olga Georges-Picot was a Bond girl two years later in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service,' escaping similarly controlling men.
The Armagnac-Burgundian civil war was real and brutal; this film treats it as backdrop for romantic competition, which is honestly very 1969.
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