Madame du Barry
Synopsis
The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France. Nor could she anticipate her quick fall and tragic death. The teenage girl was still a mere milliner's assistant when her beauty attracted the attention of Count Jean du Barry, a degenerate noble man who, after making her his mistress, undertook to make her Paris's most successful courtesan. Later, he realized that he could even help her to become one of aging King Louis XV's mistresses. But to qualify as a royal mistress, Jeanne had to be a married noble woman. No problem: Jean, who was already married, provided another husband, his brother Guillaume. This is how Jeanne, who had become Countess du Barry with sleight of hand, could enjoy triumph at Versailles. Unfortunately for her, her reign, which had excited the jealousy of the other courtesans, lasted only while the King was alive. Following his death, she was immediately exiled from Versailles and two decades later was executed on the guillotine.
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Actors (36)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Filmsonor Marceau, Francinex, Les Films Ariane
- Foreign production company : Rizzoli Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Cinédis
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producers : Georges Dancigers, Alexandre Mnouchkine, Georges Lourau
- Adaptation : Henri Jeanson, Albert Valentin
- Screenwriters : Christian-Jaque, Albert Valentin
- Dialogue Writer : Henri Jeanson
- Director of Photography : Christian Matras
- Music Composer : Georges Van Parys
- Assistant directors : Roland Bernard, Raymond Villette
- Editor : Jacques Desagneaux
- Sound Recordist : Joseph de Bretagne
- Costume designers : Marcel Escoffier, Monique Plotin
- Foreign Producer : Angelo Rizzoli
- Assistant Operator : Ernest Bourreaud
- Camera Operator : Alain Douarinou
- Production Manager : Francis Cosne
- Assistant Editor : Claude Durand
- Continuity supervisor : Simone Bourdarias
- Production Designer : Robert Gys
- Still Photographer : Raymond Voinquel
- Location Manager : Maurice Hartwig
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1954
- French release : 13/10/1954
- Runtime : 1 h 46 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 14227
- Visa issue date : 30/09/1954
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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