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Captain Blood is a french film of genre Swashbuckler directed by André Hunebelle released in USA on 11 november 1960 with Jean Marais
Captain Blood (1960)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 november 1960
Length 1h41
Directed by André Hunebelle
OriginFrance
Themes Histoire de France
Rating63%
Captain Blood (French: Le capitan) is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli and Lise Delamare. It is based on a novel by Michel Zévaco.
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Louis XIII, étant trop jeune et trop faible pour régner, c’est sa mère la reine Marie de Médicis qui gouverne le royaume comme régente. Elle confie tout le pouvoir à son favori Concini qui, conspirant pour éliminer le souverain, sème la terreur dans le pays. Le chevalier François de Capestang, recruté par la noblesse provinciale pour sa grande bravoure, est bien décidé à se battre pour faire triompher la justice en sauvant la couronne de son jeune roi ainsi que la vie de sa bien-aimée Gisèle d'Angoulême dont le père est à la tête de la conjuration des grands seigneurs visant à renverser la Régence, à chasser Concini et à remplacer le roi défaillant.Actors
Jean Marais
(François de Capestang, dit Le Capitan)
André Bourvil
(Baladin Cogolin)
Elsa Martinelli
(Gisèle d'Angoulême)
Arnoldo Foà
(Concini)
Lise Delamare
(Marie de Médicis)
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