La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse backdrop

La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse 2015 Directed by Herlé Jouon

On July 5, 1816, the raft of La Méduse, about 20 by 12 meters, began its slow drift. They left at 151 and 13 days later, after a hellish journey, arrived at 15... Who knows the true story of Le Radeau de La Méduse? Painted in 1819, Théodore Géricault's romantic masterpiece became so famous that it has since overshadowed the true story that inspired it. In June 1816, during the Restoration under Louix XVIII, a French ship, the Méduse, left the port of Rochefort bound for Senegal. Its crew, made up of the new governor Schamaltz, company officials, troops and the expeditionary corps, had to settle in this former colony restored to France by England. In all, some 400 passengers. But due to the unpredictable cartography of the time and the short-sightedness of its commander, La Méduse ran aground on a sandbank off the coast of Mauritania.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Release Date 19 March 2015
Cast
Nathan Gabily Théodore Géricault, le peintre (1791-1824)
Antoine Monier Jean-Baptiste Savigny
Damien Henno Alexandre Corréard
Didier Poulain Touche-Lavilette
Philippe Mathieu Self - Historien et administrateur du Musée de la Marine, Rochefort
Martine Acerra Self - Historienne de l'Histoire maritime du XiXème, CNRS
Bruno Chénique Self - Dr. en histoire de l'art, auteur d'ouvrages sur Géricault
Denis Roland Self - Musée national de la Marine-école de médecine, Rochefort
Alain Morgat Self - Conservateur en chef du patrimoine, Rochefort
François Bellec Self - Contre-Amiral Marine nationale et écrivain
Luc-Christophe Guillerm Self - Médecin psychiatre
Steven Callahan Self - Expert en survie maritime (USA)