The French Calvinists (1972)

6.2/10 100 min History Drama

Overview

A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers, formed groups following Gédéon Laporte and fought Louis XIV's dragoons.

Cast

Rufus

Jacques Combassous

Jacques Debary

Gédéon Laporte

Gérard Desarthe

Abraham Mazel

Philippe Clévenot

'La Fleur'

Dominique Labourier

Marie Bancilhon

François Marthouret

Lieutenant François de la Fage

Gabriel Gascon

Captain Alexandre Poul

André Reybaz

Baron of Vergnas

Isabelle Sadoyan

Madame Villeneuve

Hélène Vincent

Catherine de Vergnas

Christine Laurent

Marguerite Combes

Geneviève Mnich

Flore Génoyer

Christiane Rorato

'La Brunet'

Janine Souchon

'La Geôlière'

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