Du Guesclin (film)

Du Guesclin is a 1949 French historical adventure film directed by Bernard de Latour and starring Fernand Gravey, Junie Astor and Ketti Gallian.^{[1] [2]} The film is a biopic about Bertrand du Guesclin, a baron, Constable of France, and high-ranked officer in the French Army of the 14th Century, who fights in the Hundred Years' War.^[3] It is based on the novel Du Guesclin by Roger Vercel. It was filmed at Marseille Studios and on location at the Château de Dinan in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.

Du Guesclin
Directed by	Bernard de Latour
Written by	Bernard de Latour
Based on	Du Guesclin by Roger Vercel
Produced by	André Paulvé Edouard Lepage
Starring	Fernand Gravey Junie Astor Ketti Gallian
Cinematography	Nicolas Toporkoff
Edited by	Maurice Serein
Music by	Maurice Thiriet
Production company	Les Films du Verseau
Distributed by	DisCina
Release date	3 June 1949 (1949-06-03)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Fernand Gravey as Bertrand du Guesclin
• Junie Astor as Tiphaine Raguenel
• Ketti Gallian as Jeanne de Mallemains
• Noël Roquevert as Jagu, Bertrand's friend
• Howard Vernon as Lancaster
• Gérard Oury as Charles V of France
• Gisèle Casadesus as Jeanne, the Countess of Penthièvre
• Louis de Funès as Astrologer
• Marcel Delaître as Chandos
• Léon Bary as Léon Barry
• Michel Salina as Canterbury
• Paul Amiot as Le duc d'Anjou
• Suzanne Nivette as Soeur Anne-Marie