The French Calvinists
Les camisards
History
Drama
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.
1972-02-22
fr
Cast
Director
René Allio
Rufus as Jacques Combassous
Jacques Debary as Gédéon Laporte
Gérard Desarthe as Abraham Mazel
Philippe Clévenot as 'La Fleur'
Dominique Labourier as Marie Bancilhon
François Marthouret as Lieutenant François de la Fage
Gabriel Gascon as Captain Alexandre Poul
André Reybaz as Baron of Vergnas
Isabelle Sadoyan as Madame Villeneuve
Hélène Vincent as Catherine de Vergnas
Christine Laurent as Marguerite Combes
Geneviève Mnich as Flore Génoyer
Christiane Rorato as 'La Brunet'
Janine Souchon as 'La Geôlière'
Jean Benguigui as Jean-Baptiste Fort
Maurice Bénichou as Moïse Plantat
Raoul Billerey as Brigadier
François Dunoyer as Samuel Guérin
Philippe Nahon as Reboul
Olivier Perrier as Bouzanquet
Nicolas Philibert
Jean Bouise as Coachman