The Lace Wars (1965)
"Les fêtes galantes" (original title)

Director:

René Clair

Writer:

René Clair

Stars:

Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Avron, Marie Dubois

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	Jolicoeur
Philippe Avron	...	Thomas
Marie Dubois	...	Divine - la actrice
Geneviève Casile	...	Hélène - la princesse
Jean Richard	...	Le Prince de Beaulieu
György Kovács	...	Le Maréchal d'Allenberg
Fory Etterle
Elena Caragiu
Adela Marculescu
Melania Cârje
Florin Vasiliu
Christian Baratier	...	Frédéric
Jean Payen
Alfred Adam	...	Le sergent Bel-Oeil
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matei Alexandru

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy | History | War

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Details

Country:

France Romania

Language:

French

Release Date:

12 December 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Serbarile galante

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont International, Studioul Cinematografic Bucuresti

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

old fashion

a charming story. mark of Rene Claire. and result of cooperation between Romanian and French cinema. the XVII century. siege of a fortress. a smart guy. a love story. and a lot of amusing gangs, errors, scenes, all in sweet sauce of happy end. a nice work. for the acting, for the brilliant Jean - Pierre Cassel, for delicate dust of subject and film. and, sure, for fight scenes who remembers romantic confrontations and commedia dell arte, Goldoni and the precise small gem of master Clair. it has all French flavor and the virtue is, in great measure, of Roumanian part. demonstration of Comunist regime form of freedom for art, it remains a lovely movie, far from policy dusty influence. naive, ironic, nice, it is a trip in past. and demonstration of special sensitivity.