Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge

The story

This historic mini-series is set just after the execution of Louis XVI and follows the actions of a group of loyal royalists, led by the Chevalier de Maison-Rouge. His goal is to free Queen Marie-Antoinette and the young King Louis XVII, but he runs into the brutal jailer Simon who makes sure to thwart any attempt to escape.

A secondary plot line deals with the feelings of Lindet, the lieutenant of the national guard, towards Geneviève, the young protege of the royalist Morand, which for the sans-culottes is a crime in itself.

Cast

A Annie DucauxMarie-Antoinette J Jean DesaillyMorand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge F François ChaumetteRaoul Dixmer J Julien BertheauFouquier-Tinville D Dominique PaturelLorin A Anne DoatMichel Le Royer G Georges GéretSimon J Julien GuiomarGélineau