The Night of Varennes

May 15, 1982

2h 31m

★ 6.8

Overview

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

Genres

History

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Gaumont

Opera Film Produzione

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Cast

Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

Jean-Louis Barrault

Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt

Marcello Mastroianni

Countess Sophie de la Borde

Hanna Schygulla

Thomas Paine

Harvey Keitel

Monsieur Jacob

Jean-Claude Brialy

Madame Adélaïde Gagnon

Andréa Ferréol

Monsieur Sauce

Jean-Louis Trintignant

De Florange

Michel Vitold

Virginia Capacelli

Laura Betti

Italian clown

Enzo Jannacci

Emile Delage, student revolutionary

Pierre Malet

De Wendel

Daniel Gélin

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