''Cartouche, King of Paris'' or just ''Cartouche'' (French: ''Cartouche, roi de Paris'') is a 1950 French

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directed by

Guillaume Radot Guillaume Radot (1911–1977) was a French screenwriter, film producer, producer and film director.Klossner p.64 Selected filmography * ''The Wolf of the Malveneurs'' (1943) * ''Lawless Roads'' (1947) * ''The Wolf (1949 film), The Wolf'' (1949) * ...

and starring Roger Pigaut,

Renée Devillers Renée Devillers (1902–2000) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Goble p.328 Selected filmography * ''The Sweetness of Loving'' (1930) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''J'accuse! (1938 film), J'accuse!'' (1938) * ''The Blue Vei ...

and Claire Duhamel.Klossner p.64 The film's sets were designed by the

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Marcel Magniez. It portrays the eighteenth century

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Louis Dominique Bourguignon Louis Dominique Garthausen, also known as Cartouche (c. 1693, Paris – November 28, 1721, Paris), who usually went by the name of Louis Bourguignon or Louis Lamarre when he wanted to hide his identity, was a highwayman reported to steal from t ...

, known as Cartouche.

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* Roger Pigaut as Louis Dominique Bourguignon dit Cartouche *

as Madame de Parabère * Claire Duhamel as Henriette *

Jean Davy Jean Davy (15 October 1911 – 5 February 2001) was a French film, stage voice actor. Career He was a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. In the premiere production of ''Antigone (Anouilh play), Antig ...

as Le régent Philippe d'Orléans * Jacques Castelot as Le duc du Maine * as Vénus, la bohémienne * as La duchesse du Maine * Lucien Nat as M. de Cellamare * Pierre Bertin as Monsieur de Boisgreux * Pierre Stéphen as Lignières * Denis d'Inès as Le fermier général *

Jean Carmet Jean Carmet (; 25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Life and career Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internat ...

as Brin d'Amour, un soldat *

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as Anselme Bourguignon * René Worms as Le cardinal Dubois *

Léon Bary Léon Bary (6 June 1880 – 7 January 1954) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1955.

as Un officier de cour * Sinoël as Le vieux * Lucien Blondeau as Le majordome * Yves Brainville as Le comte de Horn *

Marcel Pérès Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant. Pérès was ...

as Le recruteur *

Albert Michel Albert Michel (1909–1981) was a French stage, film and television actor.Paietta p.40 Selected filmography * ''Je chante'' (1938) - Un laitier (uncredited) * ''Ne bougez plus'' (1941) - Clanpinet * ''Chèque au porteur'' (1941) * ''Fièvres' ...

as L'espion * Albert Malbert as Le policier * Frédéric Mariotti as Un voleur * Jean Clarieux as Un voleur * Maurice Régamey as Lafleur, un voleur * Jo Dervo as Un voleur * as Un voleur * Michel Barbey as Simon * Alfred Baillou * Georges Cahuzac * Jacques Cossin * Harry-Max * Jean-Pierre Lorrain * Lévy as Un juif * Franck Maurice * * Raymond Pélissier * Liliane Robert * Marcel Rouzé

References

Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002.

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* 1950 films 1950s historical adventure films French historical adventure films Films set in Paris Films set in the 18th century 1950s French-language films Films directed by Guillaume Radot French black-and-white films 1950s French films Films scored by Maurice Thiriet French-language historical adventure films {{1950s-France-film-stub

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