Le Miracle des loups is a French

French language

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 action

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 adventure

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 drama

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 film from 1961, directed by André Hunebelle

André Hunebelle

André Hunebelle was a French director born September 1, 1896 in Meudon , died 27 November 1985 in Nice .Hunebelle was a former publisher of a French newspaper called La Fleché...

, written by Henry Dupuis-Mazuel, 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 scenario was based on a novel of Maria Luisa Linarès. The film was known under the title "Im Zeichen der Lilie" (West Germany), "Blood on His Sword" or "The Miracle of the Wolves" (USA).

Numerous scenes were filmed at the Cité de Carcassonne

Cité de Carcassonne

The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval fortified architectural group located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the department of Aude, in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon. It is located on the right bank of the Aude, on the hill, in the south-east part of the actual city. It was the historic...

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Cast

• 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 ....
  
   : Robert de Neuville
• Rosanna Schiaffino
  Rosanna Schiaffino
  Rosanna Schiaffino was an Italian film actress. She appeared on the covers of Italian, German, French, British and American magazines.-Early life:...
  
   (VF : Claire Guibert) : Jeanne de Beauvais
• Jean-Louis Barrault
  Jean-Louis Barrault
  Jean-Louis Barrault was a French actor, director and mime artist, training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis .Jean-Louis Barrault studied with Charles Dullin in whose troupe he acted...
  
   : Louis XI
  Louis XI of France
  Louis XI , called the Prudent , was the King of France from 1461 to 1483. He was the son of Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou, a member of the House of Valois....
  
  
• Roger Hanin
  Roger Hanin
  Roger Hanin is a French actor , best known for playing the title role in the 1989-2006 TV crime series, Navarro.-Personal life:...
  
   : Charles le Téméraire
• Guy Delorme: Le comte Jean de Sénac
• Annie Anderson: Catherine du Tillais ou Marguerite
• Louis Arbessier: Le comte d'Hesselin
• Jean Marchat: L'archevêque
• Raoul Billerey : Jérôme
• Pierre Palfray : Mathieu
• Georges Lycan : Sire de Gavray
• Bernard Musson : Un évêque
• Jean Lanier : Un évêque

External links

• Le Miracle des loups (1961) at the Films de France