Captain Blood (1960)
"Le capitan" (original title)

Director:

André Hunebelle

Writers:

Franco Dal Cer (dialogue: Italian version), Pierre Foucaud (screenplay),

Stars:

Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean Marais	...	François de Capestan
Bourvil	...	Cogolin
Elsa Martinelli	...	Gisèle d'Angoulême
Pierrette Bruno	...	Giuseppa
Lise Delamare	...	Marie de Médicis
Annie Anderson	...	Béatrice de Beaufort (as Annie Andersson)
Guy Delorme	...	Rinaldo
Jacqueline Porel	...	Léonora Galigaï
Jean-Paul Coquelin	...	Vitry
Raphaël Patorni	...	Le duc d'Angoulême
Robert Porte	...	Duc de Rohan
Jean Berger	...	Luynes
Piéral	...	Lorenzo
Jean Blancheur	...	(as Blancheur)
Alain Janey	...	Un laquais de Gisèle

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

duel | secret meeting | climbing up a building | noble man | king of france | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

5 October 1960 (France)

Also Known As:

The Invincible Swordsman

Filming Locations:

Château de Pierrefonds, Pierrefonds, Oise, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Da.Ma. Cinematografica, P.A.C., Pathé Consortium Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min 100 min (DVD edition)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Umbrella Coup (1980)

User Reviews

Louis the thirteenth as a teenager!

Not the way the French pupils and students remember him.He was not a jolly fellow .When he died,soon after le Cardinal de Richelieu ,both were not mourned.But "le Capitan" takes place during the king's youth ,when Concini was ruling the country on behalf of the queen mother Anne d'Autriche,and when Richelieu was a Concini protégé -he does not appear anyway- Jean Marais was cast as Jean Marais the fair knight, a part he played in half a dozen of swashbucklers of the era("le capitaine Fracasse","le miracle des loups" "le bossu" "le masque de fer" "les mysteries de Paris" ..).Elsa Martinelli, a former Kirk Douglas protégée supplies the love interest :a belle who wants her father to become king and thus to overthrow the legitimate one.Concini was ,even in history,a true villain who squandered the money that Sully ,Henri the Fourth's minister, had amassed.In the movie ,he becomes a super villain ,trying to kill his king by poisoning him or drugging his horse .Why not? Bourvil and Pierrette Bruno provides the flick with a welcome comic relief.

Those old Marais movies retain a certain charm.History was given a rough ride,à la Alexandre Dumas,but they are still enjoyable today.Recommended for the family.