| Du Guesclin | |
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| 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 |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
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 de Bernard de Latour, Pierre Billon (1949) - Unifrance".
- ^ Vincendeau p.152
- ^ Hart, Kevin J. The Reel Middle Ages : American, western and eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian films about medieval Europe. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2006 ISBN 9780786426577 (p.288).