Lafayette
The shot heard round the world thunders across the screen !
1962 · 2h 38m · NOT RATED
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Jean Dréville
Overview
The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.
Director and cast
- Jean Dréville Director
- Pascale Audret as Adrienne de La Fayette
- Jack Hawkins as General Cornwallis
- Michel Le Royer as La Fayette
- Folco Lulli as Le Boursier
- Wolfgang Preiss as Baron Kalb
- Renée Saint-Cyr as La Duchesse d'Ayen
- Vittorio De Sica as Bancroft
- Orson Welles as Benjamin Franklin
- Liselotte Pulver as Marie Antoinette
- Edmund Purdom Cast
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