The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.
Production
Massive battle recreations that ate most of the budget.
Costume
Every wig deserves its own credit.
Director
Jean Dréville
Pascale Audret
Adrienne de La Fayette
Jack Hawkins
General Cornwallis
Michel Le Royer
La Fayette
Folco Lulli
Le Boursier
Wolfgang Preiss
Baron Kalb
Renée Saint-Cyr
Duchess of Ayen
Vittorio De Sica
Bancroft
Orson Welles
Benjamin Franklin
Liselotte Pulver
Marie Antoinette
Edmund Purdom
Silas Deane
Georges Rivière
Vergennes
Rosanna Schiaffino
Countess of Simiane
Howard St. John
George Washington
Jacques Castelot
Duke of Ayen
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Maurepas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jack Hawkins filmed his Cornwallis scenes while secretly battling cancer; his voice was dubbed by another actor in post-production.
Released at the height of Cold War Franco-American tensions, this was essentially France's 'we were here first' flex.
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