Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge

This historic mini-series is set just after the execution of Louis XVI and follows the actions of a group of loyal royalists, led by the Chevalier de Maison-Rouge. His goal is to free Queen Marie-Antoinette and the young King Louis XVII, but he runs into the brutal jailer Simon who makes sure to thwart any attempt to escape. A secondary plot line deals with the feelings of Lindet, the lieutenant of the national guard, towards Geneviève, the young protege of the royalist Morand, which for the sans-culottes is a crime in itself.

Cast

Annie Ducaux

Marie-Antoinette

Jean Desailly

Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge

François Chaumette

Raoul Dixmer

Julien Bertheau

Fouquier-Tinville

Dominique Paturel

Lorin

Anne Doat

Michel Le Royer

Georges Géret

Simon

Julien Guiomar

Gélineau

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