

A group of royalists during the French Revolution make several attempts to rescue Marie Antoinette from prison, in this combination of genres: swashbuckler, melodrama, psychological drama, and historical tragedy. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
User score
3 votes
Released
April 24, 1953
1h 45m
Italian

Armando Francioli
Cap. Maurice Lindet

Yvette Lebon
Margot Dixmer

Renée Saint-Cyr
Marie-Antoinette

Luigi Tosi
generale Santerre

Alfred Adam
Dixmer

Olga Solbelli
Madame Tisson

Marcel Pérès
Simon
Giuseppe Chinnici
l'accusatore pubblico
Gian Carlo Regis
il Delfino di Francia
Ermanno Pavarini
Marmont

Vittorio Sanipoli
Maximilien Lorin/Cavaliere di Maison Rouge

Franca Marzi
Eloisa Tisson
Pietro Fumelli
il sacerdote