The French Calvinists
Synopsis
Les Camisards brings events to the screen from the period in French history in which King Louis XIV ordered all Protestants to convert to Catholicism. The film begins just after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1598-1685), a proclamation that had granted official toleration to Protestants. Rather than being a sweeping epic, this film examines the fight of a small group of Protestants for survival in the mountainous Cevennes region. Some of the story is told using excerpts from the diary kept by an actual participant in the conflict. This movie is notable for its period authenticity and historical accuracy; it does not try to make the story into an analogy for modern issues, and the characters' concerns are correct for their time.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (27)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shellac
- French distribution : NPF Planfilm
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Eric Geiger
- Screenwriters : René Allio, Jean Jourdheuil
- Dialogue Writer : René Allio
- Director of Photography : Denys Clerval
- Music Composers : Michel Sanvoisin, Philippe Arthuys
- Assistant Director : Marco Pico
- Editor : Sylvie Blanc
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Aubouy
- Costume designer : Christine Laurent
- Production designers : Nicole Rachline, Christine Laurent
- Still Photographer : Claude Schwartz
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1970
- French release : 03/02/1972
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 37671
- Visa issue date : 26/01/1980
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
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