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The French Calvinists 1972 Directed by René Allio Les camisards

A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers, formed groups following Gédéon Laporte and fought Louis XIV's dragoons.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Release Date 22 February 1972
100 mins
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Rufus Jacques Combassous
Jacques Debary Gédéon Laporte
Gérard Desarthe Abraham Mazel
Dominique Labourier Marie Bancilhon
François Marthouret Lieutenant François de la Fage
Hubert Gignoux Abbot of Chalonges
Gabriel Gascon Captain Alexandre Poul
André Reybaz Baron of Vergnas
Isabelle Sadoyan Madame Villeneuve
Gilbert Vilhon Vicar Taillade
Hélène Vincent Catherine de Vergnas
Anne Delbée Jeanne Pelat
Florence Dunoyer Peasant woman
Martine Dumond Madame Villeneuve's servant
Christine Laurent Marguerite Combes
Geneviève Mnich Flore Génoyer
Suzy Rambaud Françoise
Christiane Rorato 'La Brunet'
Janine Souchon 'La Geôlière'
Jean Benguigui Jean-Baptiste Fort
Maurice Bénichou Moïse Plantat
Vincent Béranger Soustelles
Raoul Billerey Brigadier
Auguste Berger Ozias Bancilhon
Pierre Dios Brunet
François Dunoyer Samuel Guérin
Pierre Leomy Subdelegate Borely
Claude Lochy Subdelegate Villeneuve
Franck Oger Dauphiné
Olivier Perrier Bouzanquet
Jean Bouise Coachman
Anne Clément Isabeau (uncredited)
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