The Lace Wars

1965 French film
  • 12 December 1965 (1965-12-12)
Running time
90 minutesCountriesFrance
RomaniaLanguageFrench

The Lace Wars (French: Les fêtes galantes) is a 1965 French-Romanian historical comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Avron and Marie Dubois.[1]

Plot

In the 18th century, as the army of Prince de Beaulieu lays siege on the fortress of Marechal d'Allenberg, a young princess sends a soldier out of the fortress to go find her lover.

Cast

  • Jean-Pierre Cassel as Jolicoeur
  • Philippe Avron as Thomas
  • Marie Dubois as Divine - la actrice
  • Geneviève Casile as Hélène - la princesse
  • Jean Richard as Le Prince de Beaulieu
  • György Kovács as Le Maréchal d'Allenberg
  • Fory Etterle
  • Elena Caragiu
  • Adela Marculescu
  • Melania Cârje
  • Florin Vasiliu
  • Christian Baratier as Frédéric
  • Jean Payen
  • Alfred Adam as Le sergent Bel-Oeil
  • Matei Alexandru
  • Lucia Amram
  • Mircea Balaban
  • Michael Berechet
  • Mihai Mereuta
  • Dem Radulescu
  • Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic

References

  1. ^ McGerr p. 208.

Bibliography

  • Celia McGerr. René Clair. Twayne Publishers, 1980.

External links

  • The Lace Wars at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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Films directed by René Clair
Feature films
Short films &
Anthologies
  • Entr'acte (1924)
  • Forever and a Day (1943, segment "1897")
  • Three Fables of Love (1962, segment "Les Deux Pigeons")


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