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The Lady and the Duke is a french film of genre Drama directed by Éric Rohmer released in USA on 7 september 2001 with Jean-Claude Dreyfus
The Lady and the Duke (2001)
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Add to a movie listThe Lady and the Duke (French: L'Anglaise et le Duc) is a 2001 feature film by French director Éric Rohmer. The film was inspired by Ma vie sous la révolution, the colourful memoirs of Grace Elliott, an Edinburgh-born royalist caught up in the political intrigue following the French Revolution.
According to a description of the film in The Guardian, Rohmer's "customary verbal sparring and complex intellectual arguments are spiced by lavish sets, suspenseful plotting and the continuous threat of violence."
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Le film présente le point de vue d'une aristocrate anglaise, Grace Elliott, pendant la Révolution française. C'est une amie proche du duc d'Orléans (Philippe Égalité).Actors
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
(Le duc d'Orléans)
Lucy Russell
(Grace Elliot)
Rosette
(Fanchette)
François Marthouret
(Dumouriez)
Serge Renko
(Vergniaud)
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