Lafayette backdrop

Lafayette 1962 Directed by Jean Dréville La Fayette

The shot heard round the world thunders across the screen !

The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.

Countries France , Italy
Production Countries France , Italy
Language French
Spoken Languages English , French
Gneres Drama , History , War
Production Companies Les Films Copernic , Cosmos
Release Date 16 February 1962
158 mins
Cast
Pascale Audret Adrienne de La Fayette
Jack Hawkins General Cornwallis
Michel Le Royer La Fayette
Folco Lulli Le Boursier
Wolfgang Preiss Baron Kalb
Renée Saint-Cyr Duchess of Ayen
Orson Welles Benjamin Franklin
Liselotte Pulver Marie Antoinette
Edmund Purdom Silas Deane
Rosanna Schiaffino Countess of Simiane
Howard St. John George Washington
Jacques Castelot Duke of Ayen
Michel Galabru Innkeeper