Lafayette (1962)

Name: Lafayette
Genre: Drama, War, History
Released: 1962-02-16
Duration: 158 min
Cast: Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins, Michel Le Royer, Folco Lulli, Wolfgang Preiss

The shot heard round the world thunders across the screen !

The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.

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Released 1962-02-16 · 158 min · Drama, War, History

Directed by Jean Dréville

Cast

Pascale Audret as Adrienne de La Fayette
Jack Hawkins as General Cornwallis
Michel Le Royer as La Fayette
Folco Lulli as Le Boursier
Wolfgang Preiss as Baron Kalb
Renée Saint-Cyr as Duchess of Ayen
Vittorio De Sica as Bancroft
Orson Welles as Benjamin Franklin
Liselotte Pulver as Marie Antoinette
Edmund Purdom as Silas Deane
Georges Rivière as Vergennes
Rosanna Schiaffino as Countess of Simiane
Howard St. John as George Washington
Jacques Castelot as Duke of Ayen
Jean-Roger Caussimon as Maurepas