The Count of Bragelonne

The Count of Bragelonne (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, Italian: Il Visconte di Bragelonne) is a 1954 Franco-Italian film directed by Fernando Cerchio. It is a film adaptation of the novel Le Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas père.[1] Its cast included Dawn Addams, Georges Marchal and Jacques Dumesnil.

The Count of Bragelonne
Directed byFernando Cerchio
Written byAlexandre Astruc
Roland Laudenbach
Based onThe Vicomte of Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas
Produced byRobert de Nesle
Dario Sabatello
StarringGeorges Marchal
Dawn Addams
Jacques Dumesnil
CinematographyLucien Joulin
Edited byLéonide Azar
Music byRené Sylviano
Production
companies
Comptoir Français de Productions Cinématographiques
Orso Film
Iris Film
Distributed byComptoir Français du Film
Release date
9 December 1954
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.

Synopsis

Raoul de Bragelonne, son of the musketeer Athos, returns to France from a mission to England to find that his lover Louise de la Vallière is now mistress of Louis XIV. Instead he now falls in love with Hélène de Winter and with the assistance of D'Artagnan foils a plot by Cardinal Mazarin to put the King's secret twin brother on the throne.

Cast

References

  1. Klossner p.216

Bibliography

  • Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.
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