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The Beloved Rogue (1927)

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François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.

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Lawson Butt ...
Duke of Burgundy
Henry Victor ...
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Jehan
Mack Swain ...
Nicholas
Angelo Rossitto ...
Beppo - the Dwarf
Nigel De Brulier ...
Astrologer
Lucy Beaumont ...
Villon's Mother
Otto Matieson ...
Olivier (as Otto Mattiesen)
Jane Winton ...
The Abbess
Rose Dione ...
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Bertram Grassby ...
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In 1432, while François Villon is still an infant, his father dies as a martyr to his devotion to France. François grows up to be a renowned poet, an ardent patriot, and a notorious carouser who is not above criminal acts. During the revels of All Fools Day, he insults Duke Charles of Burgundy, for which King Louis XI, who is afraid of Charles, banishes Villon from Paris. In exile outside the city walls, François looks for ways to protect France from Burgundy's plots. When Charles plans to have one of his associates marry the king's ward Charlotte, Villon successfully disrupts the engagement, but for so doing is sentenced to death. But Villon finds a way to exploit Louis's superstitious nature long enough to give him another chance to serve France, while at the same time seeking the hand of Charlotte. Written by Snow Leopard

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12 March 1927 (USA)  »

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Exterior sets from The Hunchback of Notre Dame appear throughout the King of Fools sequence. See more »

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François Villon: Every man has two souls - one for the world, and one for the woman he loves.
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30 September 2006 | by (London) – See all my reviews

And nothing wrong in that! Heartily endorse the comments of boblipton and Snow Leopard.

I'm thrilled to find this movie is available on US DVD - I've only ever seen it through once - I persuaded the Goethe Institute here in London to show it in their Conrad Veidt season some years ago - and long to see it again.

Barrymore is resplendent when engaged, as in this movie, possibly because of the prick of having a renowned German actor as a foil. And Veidt is such a wonderful scene stealer (doesn't he pick his nose at one point?) This is one of the seminal films to connect 'Dr Jekyll' with '20th Century', 'Grand Hotel' or 'Midnight'; and 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' or 'The Student of Prague' with 'The Spy in Bladk', 'Contraband' and 'Casablanca'.

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