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Additional authors

1. Mastroianni, Marcello, 1924-1996
2. Keitel, Harvey
3. Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994
4. Schygulla, Hanna, 1943-
5. Scola, Ettore, 1931-2016

Description

1. 3 film reels (151 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.

Summary

1. Scola's whimsical historical pageant interweaves historical events and figures with humorous, pointed considerations of life, politics and the inevitability of change. As the French Revolution consumes the land, King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette flee Paris to the town of Varennes in a vain attempt to escape execution. Behind the royal couple in a coach of their own, the legendary lover Casanova and the renowned American revolutionary Thomas Paine argue the important issues of the day.

Subject

1. Feature films
2. Motion pictures > France
3. Foreign films > France
4. Historical films
5. France > Fiction

Note

1. In French with English subtitles.

Credits (note)

1. Director, Ettore Scola; screenplay, Sergio Amedei, Ettore Scola; photography, Armando Nannuzzi; music, Armando Trovaioli.

Performer (note)

1. Marcello Mastroianni, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Louis Barrault, Hanna Schygulla.

Title

1. La Nuit de Varennes [motion picture] / Triumph/Columbia.

Imprint

1. St. Louis, MO : Swank, 1982.

Credits

1. Director, Ettore Scola; screenplay, Sergio Amedei, Ettore Scola; photography, Armando Nannuzzi; music, Armando Trovaioli.

Cast

1. Marcello Mastroianni, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Louis Barrault, Hanna Schygulla.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Reserve Film and Video Collection Special Collections material

Added author

1. Mastroianni, Marcello, 1924-1996, actor.
2. Keitel, Harvey, actor.
3. Barrault, Jean-Louis, 1910-1994, actor.
4. Schygulla, Hanna, 1943- actor.
5. Scola, Ettore, 1931-2016, film director.
6. Scola, Ettore, 1931-2016, screenwriter.

Branch call number

1. M16 4057 N