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The Assassination of the Duke de Guise is a film of genre Drama directed by Georges Hatot
The Assassination of the Duke de Guise
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Add to a movie listL'Assassinat du duc de Guise est un film français réalisé en 1897 par Georges Hatot sous la direction d'Alexandre Promio pour les frères Lumière (n 752 du catalogue, dans la série des Vues historiques). Ce film historique met en scène l'assassinat d'Henri Ier de Guise sur ordre du roi Henri III lors des États généraux de 1588-1589 au château de Blois. Il a été projeté à Lyon le 31 octobre 1897.
Muet et en noir et blanc, sa bobine mesure 17 mètres, soit environ une minute de projection.
Il a été tourné dans le même décor en toile peinte que La Mort de Robespierre, une autre des Vues historiques (n 748). Outre cette toile peinte représentant une architecture gothique, le décor comprend également un lit, le duc de Guise ayant été assassiné dans la chambre royale du château de Blois.
Le duc de Guise est joué par un nommé Beauvais, souffleur à l'Odéon.
En 1974, l'Anthologie du cinéma de L'Avant-scène classe le film parmi les « vues médiocrement « théâtrales » qui empruntent leurs pires effets à la peinture officielle ». En effet, on considère généralement que le film est une version animée de L'Assassinat du duc de Guise, la représentation picturale de l'événement qui avait été faite en 1834 par Paul Delaroche, bien que ce rapprochement soit parfois remis en doute.
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