François Villon is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by André Zwoboda and starring Serge Reggiani, Jean-Roger Caussimon and Henri Crémieux. It portrays the life of the fifteenth century French poet (and criminal) François Villon.Harty p.106 The film was inspired by the play If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy.
Cast Serge Reggiani as François Villon Jean-Roger Caussimon as Le grand écolier Henri Crémieux as Maître Piédoux Pierre Dargout as Thibaud Guy Decomble as Denisot Claudine Dupuis as Huguette du Hainaut Jacques-Henry Duval as Tuvache Renée Faure as Catherine de Vauselles Gabrielle Fontan as La Villonne Micheline Francey as Guillemette Gustave Gallet as Guillaume de Villon Léon Larive as Turgis Frédéric Mariotti as Arnoulet Albert Michel as Le paysan accusé Albert Montigny as Ratier Jean Morel as Alain Denise Noël as Margot Julienne Paroli as La mère Marcel Pérès as Le Goliard Albert Rémy as Perrot Michel Vitold as Noël, le borgne Jean Carmet as Un compagnon de François
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Bibliography Harty, Kevin J. The Reel Middle Ages: American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian Films about Medieval Europe. McFarland, 1999.
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