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Bardelys the Magnificent is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 30 september 1926 with John Gilbert
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
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Add to a movie listBardelys the Magnificent is a 1926 American romantic silent film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman. The film is based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of the 19-year-old John Wayne, who had a minor role.
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The film is set in the reign of King Louis XIII. When Châtellerault fails to win the heart of the icy Roxalanne de Lavedan, he wagers his entire estate against that of Bardelys that Bardelys can't either. On the way to the Lavedan estate, Bardelys stumbles upon a wounded and dying man, Lesperon, who asks Bardelys to say farewell to his beloved but dies before telling him her name. Bardelys takes his papers and assumes his identity, only to find that Lesperon is a traitor to the king.Actors
John Gilbert
(Marquis Christian de Bardelys)
Eleanor Boardman
(Roxalanne de Lavedan)
Roy D'Arcy
(Comte de Chatellerault)
Lionel Belmore
(Vicomte de Lavedan)
Emily Fitzroy
(Vicomtesse de Lavedan)
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