The Night of Varennes (1982)
Overview
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 6.537 |
Directed By
Ettore Scola
Crew
Ettore Scola
Catherine Rihoit
Sergio Amidei
Ettore Scola
Armando Nannuzzi
Armando Trovajoli
Renzo Rossellini
Raimondo Crociani
Dante Ferretti
Gabriella Pescucci
Italo Cameracanna
TOP CAST
Jean-Louis Barrault
Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
Marcello Mastroianni
Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
Hanna Schygulla
Countess Sophie de la Borde
Harvey Keitel
Thomas Paine
Jean-Claude Brialy
Monsieur Jacob
Andréa Ferréol
Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Monsieur Sauce
Michel Vitold
De Florange
Laura Betti
Virginia Capacelli
Enzo Jannacci
Italian clown
Pierre Malet
Emile Delage, student revolutionary
Daniel Gélin
De Wendel
Hugues Quester
Jean-Louis Romeuf
Dora Doll
Nanette Precy
Caterina Boratto
Madame Faustine
Didi Perego
Madame Sauce
Évelyne
Agnès, Restif's daughter
Aline Mess
Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant
Jacques Peyrac
Postilion
Claude Legros
Sergeant at St. Menehould
Vernon Dobtcheff
Judge at the confiscation
Ugo Fangareggi
Soldier Bertrand
Yves Collignon
Drouet, postmaster
Maurice Jacquemont
Innkeeper at Chaintrix
Agnès Nobecourt
Hubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter
Roger Trapp
Blacksmith at Meaux
Annie Belle
Prostitute with green stockings
Fausto Di Bella
Cook at Auberge du Soleil
Jacques Zanetti
Giovane Comiziante
Robert Nogaret
Beggar at Chaintrix
Bruno de Stabenrath
Gabriel Vallet
Michel Piccoli
King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Eléonore Hirt
Marie-Antoinette (uncredited)
Enrico Bergier
Barone Goguelat
Jean Tatu
Contadino
Claude Le Gross
Sergente
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