La Tour, prends garde !
Encyclopedia
La Tour, prends garde! is a French
adventure
drama
film from 1958, directed by Georges Lampin
, written by Claude Accursi, starring Jean Marais
. The film was known under the title "King on Horseback" (USA), "Des Königs bester Mann" (West Germany), "Killer Spy" (international English title).
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
adventure
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
film from 1958, directed by Georges Lampin
Georges Lampin
Georges Lampin was a French film director. He directed twelve films between 1946 and 1963.- Selected filmography :* La Tour, prends garde ! * Crime and Punishment * Passion...
, written by Claude Accursi, starring Jean Marais
Jean Marais
-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
. The film was known under the title "King on Horseback" (USA), "Des Königs bester Mann" (West Germany), "Killer Spy" (international English title).
Cast
- Jean MaraisJean Marais-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
: Henri La Tour - Eleonora Rossi DragoEleonora Rossi DragoEleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy....
: countess Malvina of Amalfi - Nadja TillerNadja TillerNadja Tiller is an Austrian actress. She was one of the most popular German actresses of the 1950s and 1960s.She won the Miss Austria competition in 1949, a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Austria. She had her major film debut in 1952 in 'Märchen vom Glück .In 1955, she acted...
: Mirabelle - Cathia Caro : Antoinette de Saint-Sever "Toinon"
- Jean Parédès : Nicolas Taupin
- Renaud Mary : Pérouge
- Robert Dalban : Barberin
- Christian Duvaleix : Passelacet
- Yves Massard : Le marquis François de Marmande
- Marcel Pérès : Chamonet
- Jean-Pierre LéaudJean-Pierre Léaud-Early years:Born in Paris, Léaud made his major debut as an actor at the age of 14 as Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French film director François Truffaut, in The 400 Blows....
: Pierrot - Raoul Delfosse : Bravaccio
- Paul-Emile Deiber : Le duc Philippe de Saint-Sever
- Jean Lara : Louis XV
- Sonia Hlebsova/Klebs : L'impératrice Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche
- Roger Saget : Le maréchal de Noailles
- Liliane Bert : La duchesse de Châteauroux
- Jacques MarinJacques MarinJacques Marin was a French actor on film and TV. Marin's good command of the English language and his resemblance to the stereotypical Frenchman looks made him a familiar face in some major American and British productions and Disney movies Jacques Marin (September 9, 1919, Paris – January...
: Aristide Cornilion (non crédité) - Dominique Davray : Une invitée de Taupin (non créditée)
- Albert Michel : L'invité de Taupin (non crédité)
- Monette Dinay : Mme Taupin (non créditée)
- Albert Daumergue : Un policier du roi
External links
- La Tour, prends garde! (1958) at the Films de France