The Glorious Avenger (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.
- Released
- 1953-04-24
- Genres
- Adventure, History
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Giuseppe Mangione, Alessandro Ferraù, Vittorio Cottafavi
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Armando Francioli as Cap. Maurice Lindet
- Yvette Lebon as Margot Dixmer
- Renée Saint-Cyr as Marie-Antoinette
- Luigi Tosi as generale Santerre
- Alfred Adam as Dixmer
- Olga Solbelli as Madame Tisson
- Marcel Pérès as Simon
- Giuseppe Chinnici as l'accusatore pubblico
- Gian Carlo Regis as il Delfino di Francia
- Ermanno Pavarini as Marmont
- Vittorio Sanipoli as Maximilien Lorin/Cavaliere di Maison Rouge
- Franca Marzi as Eloisa Tisson
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