Madame du Barry

Oct 13, 1954

1h 46m

★ 5.3

Overview

The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France...

Genres

History

Production Companies

Filmsonor

Francinex

Les Films Ariane

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Cast

Jeanne Ranson-Bécu, Madame du Barry

Martine Carol

Count Jean du Barry

Daniel Ivernel

Duchess of Grammont

Gianna Maria Canale

Lebel

Jean Parédès

Marshal de Richelieu

Denis d'Inès

Countess of Médarnes

Marguerite Pierry

Dauphine Marie-Antoinette

Isabelle Pia

Marshal of Guichelais

Nadine Alari

Cadet

Giovanna Ralli

Brutus's mother

Georgette Anys

Noblewoman

Catherine Caron

Loque

Nadine Tallier

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5.7

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8.5

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6.8

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7.7

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

Jul 3, 2003

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4.1

Louis XV, le Soleil noir

Dec 25, 2009

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5.1

Jefferson in Paris

Mar 31, 1995

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.

5.9

Farewell, My Queen

Mar 21, 2012

A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.

6.8

Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire

Dec 21, 2006

Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria and a very young girl, marries King Louis-Auguste, Dauphine of France. This historical drama tells the tragic tale of a young woman who, in the beginning started out with task, that ended with great sadness and sorrow.

6.9

Jeanne du Barry

May 16, 2023

The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.

0.0

The Real Versailles

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9.0

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6.2

Versailles Rediscovered: The Sun King's Vanished Palace

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Based on the latest technological and scientific advances, this documentary explores the palace's architectural past to resurrect Louis XIV's vanished Versailles. Versailles was an ongoing building site at the time of Louis XIV and continued to be transformed by its successive occupants later on. The Versailles we know today only vaguely resembles the Versailles of the Sun King. Most of its original features and apartments no longer exist. Thanks to the digitisation of thousands of plans, a team of scientists takes us back in time to explore this forgotten past in a new way, through a large-scale reconstruction project to bring back the Versailles of Louis XIV as he designed it, according to his requirements and dreams.

6.3

A Little Chaos

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5.5

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7.0

Ridicule

May 9, 1996

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.

10.0

Battle at Versailles

May 5, 2016

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