The Glorious Avenger

Overview

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.

Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi

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

G

Giuseppe Chinnici

l'accusatore pubblico

G

Gian Carlo Regis

il Delfino di Francia

E

Ermanno Pavarini

Marmont

Vittorio Sanipoli

Maximilien Lorin/Cavaliere di Maison Rouge

Franca Marzi

Eloisa Tisson

P

Pietro Fumelli

il sacerdote

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