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Lafayette is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jean Dréville with Pascale Audret
Lafayette (1962)
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Add to a movie listLa Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.
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En 1776 le jeune marquis de La Fayette épouse la fille du duc d'Ayen, Adrienne. Sensible au soulèvement des colons des États-Unis, La Fayette rencontre à Paris, Silas Deane, envoyé par le congrès des Insurgés, puis Benjamin Franklin lui-même. Gagné à leur cause, il quitte l'armée royale et part combattre en AmériqueActors
Pascale Audret
(Adrienne de La Fayette)
Jack Hawkins
(General Cornwallis)
Folco Lulli
(Le Boursier)
Wolfgang Preiss
(Baron Kalb)
Renée Saint-Cyr
(La Duchesse d'Ayen)
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