The French Calvinists (1972)

Name: The French Calvinists
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1972-02-22
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Rufus, Jacques Debary, Gérard Desarthe, Philippe Clévenot, Dominique Labourier

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.

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Released 1972-02-22 · 100 min · History, Drama

Directed by René Allio

Cast

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
Hubert Gignoux as Abbot of Chalonges
Gabriel Gascon as Captain Alexandre Poul
André Reybaz as Baron of Vergnas
Isabelle Sadoyan as Madame Villeneuve
Gilbert Vilhon as Vicar Taillade
Hélène Vincent as Catherine de Vergnas
Anne Delbée as Jeanne Pelat
Florence Dunoyer as Peasant woman
Martine Dumond as Madame Villeneuve's servant