During the Directory, a handful of royalists tried to get the Dauphin Louis XVII to escape from the Temple.
Production
Lavish recreation of Revolutionary Paris on post-war budget
Acting
Fernand Gravey's oily charm as scheming Barras
Director
Pierre de Hérain
Fernand Gravey
Paul Barras
Renée Saint-Cyr
Paméla
Georges Marchal
René Bergerin
Yvette Lebon
Madame Tallien
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
La Montansier
Raymond Bussières
Gomin
Jacques Varennes
Rochecotte
Gisèle Casadesus
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Jacques Castelot
Prince de Carency
René Génin
Gourlet
Nicole Maurey
Madame Royale
Jean Chaduc
Napoléon Bonaparte
Henri Charrett
Baudu
Paul Demange
Member of the committee
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