Lafayette (1962)
Original title: La Fayette
Lafayette is a 1962 French-language drama movie directed by Jean Dréville, with a running time of 2h 38m. It stars Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Michel Le Royer.
The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.
Cast
- Pascale Audret as Adrienne de La Fayette
- Jack Hawkins as General Cornwallis
- Michel Le Royer as La Fayette
- Folco Lulli as Le Boursier
- Wolfgang Preiss as Baron Kalb
- Renée Saint-Cyr as Duchess of Ayen
- Vittorio De Sica as Bancroft
- Orson Welles as Benjamin Franklin
- Liselotte Pulver as Marie Antoinette
- Edmund Purdom as Silas Deane
- Georges Rivière as Vergennes
- Rosanna Schiaffino as Countess of Simiane