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Lafayette: Directed by Jean Dréville. With Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins, Michel Le Royer, Folco Lulli. During the American War of Independence, French officer and nobleman La Fayette comes to America's aid with men, money and weapons and becomes a Major-General under George Washington's command.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Jean Dréville
- 1963-04-10
Sep 4, 2021 · La Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.
La Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian epic biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Michel Le Royer, Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.
One such soldier is the Marquis de Lafayette, a hot-blooded, 19-year-old nobleman who defies both his father-in-law and Louis XVI in order to join in the fight for freedom. While on a mission to England, Lafayette meets General Cornwallis during a fox hunt.
- Jean Dréville, Louis A. Pascal
- Michel Le Royer
A highly educated young man with a keen political sense serving under France's King Louis XVI, the Marquis de Lafayette (Michel Le Royer) is sought out by the American Silas Deane (Edmund Purdom)...
- History, Drama, Biography, War
La Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.
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At 13 years old, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier inherited from his parents a long name, a fortune bigger then that, and the title of Marquis de La Fayette. Barely past majority, he was a brilliant lieutenant and a King Musketeer, and married Adrienne, second daughter of the Duke of Ayen.
