François Villon (film)

1945 French film

François Villon is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by André Zwoboda and starring Serge Reggiani, Jean-Roger Caussimon and Henri Crémieux. It portrays the life of the fifteenth century writer François Villon.^[1] The film was inspired by the play If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy.

Cast

• Serge Reggiani as François Villon
• Jean-Roger Caussimon as Le grand écolier
• Henri Crémieux as Maître Piédoux
• Pierre Dargout as Thibaud
• Guy Decomble as Denisot
• Claudine Dupuis as Huguette du Hainaut
• Jacques-Henry Duval as Tuvache
• Renée Faure as Catherine de Vauselles
• Gabrielle Fontan as La Villonne
• Micheline Francey as Guillemette
• Gustave Gallet as Guillaume de Villon
• Léon Larive as Turgis
• Frédéric Mariotti as Arnoulet
• Albert Michel as Le paysan accusé
• Albert Montigny as Ratier
• Jean Morel as Alain
• Denise Noël as Margot
• Julienne Paroli as La mère
• Marcel Pérès as Le Goliard
• Albert Rémy as Perrot
• Michel Vitold as Noël, le borgne
• Jean Carmet as Un compagnon de François

References

1. Harty p.106

Bibliography

• Harty, Kevin J. The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian Films about Medieval Europe. McFarland, 1999.

External links

• François Villon at IMDb