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Victor Hugo à Guernesey, exil et création
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Victor Hugo à Guernesey, exil et création

Aug 25, 2019
0h 53m
★ 9.0

Overview

A visit to the extravagant house where Victor Hugo spent his exile in Guernsey between 1855 and 1870, the Hauteville House, entirely designed by the writer. This documentary also looks at a little-known aspect of Hugo: his talents as a decorator, architect and designer.

Genres

Documentary
TV Movie

Production Companies

ARTE
Eclectic Production
New Waycom

Cast

Mathilde Deschamps-Lotthé

Narrator (voice)

Mathilde Deschamps-Lotthé

Cécile Argenton

Self - curator and restaurer

Cécile Argenton

Gérard Audinet

Self - director of the Maisons de Victor Hugo

Gérard Audinet

Élise Blouet-Ménard

Self - curator and restaurer

Élise Blouet-Ménard

Raphaëlle Déjean

Self - curator and restaurer

Raphaëlle Déjean

Jean-Pierre Galopin

Self - craftsman in gilding work

Jean-Pierre Galopin

Jean-Marc Hovasse

Self - researcher of the CNRS

Jean-Marc Hovasse

Anne Jacquin

Self - heritage conservator

Anne Jacquin

Audrey Legeay

Self - curator and restaurer

Audrey Legeay

Agathe Strouk

Self - curator and restaurer of textiles

Agathe Strouk

Pierre Tissot

Self - comédien

Pierre Tissot

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