Top Billed Cast
John Barrymore
François Villon
Conrad Veidt
King Louis XI
Marceline Day
Charlotte de Vauxcelles
Lawson Butt
Duke of Burgundy
Henry Victor
Thibault d'Aussigny
Slim Summerville
Jehan
Angelo Rossitto
Beppo - the Dwarf
Nigel De Brulier
Astrologer
Lucy Beaumont
Villon's Mother
Otto Matieson
Olivier
Jane Winton
The Abbess
Rose Dione
Margot
Bertram Grassby
Duke of Orleans
Dick Sutherland
Tristan l'Hermite
Dickie Moore
Baby Francois (uncredited)
Mack Swain
Nicholas
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
If you've seen "If I Were King" (either the 1920 or 1938 version), or read Sir Walter Scott's "Quentin Durward" (1823) then you will be familiar with the basis of this quite enjoyable, if a little slow, historical drama. François Villon (John Barrymore) is the populist poet who falls foul of King Louis XI (Conrad Veidt) when he offends the visiting Charles, Duke of Burgundy (Lawson Butt). Banished from Paris as a punishment, he must use his popularity - he has just been elected "King of the Fools" - and his contacts at the Court of Miracles, the ultimate den of iniquity, to keep his country fro...
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
- france
- paris, france
- swordplay
- catapult
- prank
- food
- torture
- king
- theft
- patriot
- martyr
- adventurer
- françois villon
- burgundy
- forced marriage
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