Film
The Glorious Avenger
Italy- Director
- Vittorio Cottafavi
- Year
- 1953
A group of royalists during the French Revolution make several attempts to rescue Marie Antoinette from prison, in this combination of genres: swashbuckler, melodrama, psychological drama, and historical tragedy. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Top cast
Armando Francioli
Cap. Maurice Lindet
Yvette Lebon
Margot Dixmer
Renée Saint-Cyr
Marie-Antoinette
Luigi Tosi
generale Santerre
Alfred Adam
Dixmer
Olga Solbelli
Madame Tisson
Marcel Pérès
Simon
Giuseppe Chinnici
l'accusatore pubblico
Gian Carlo Regis
il Delfino di Francia
Ermanno Pavarini
Marmont
Vittorio Sanipoli
Maximilien Lorin/Cavaliere di Maison Rouge
Franca Marzi
Eloisa Tisson
Pietro Fumelli
il sacerdote
Directed by
Vittorio Cottafavi
Written by
Alessandro Ferraù, Giuseppe Mangione
Produced by
Giorgio Venturini