La Fayette (1962)
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Cast
Michel Le Royer, Howard St. John, Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins
A young French marquis abandons royal service to join the American colonists’ struggle for independence.
The story
In 1776, the young Marquis de La Fayette marries Adrienne, daughter of the Duke of Ayen. Sympathetic to the American colonists’ uprising, he meets Silas Deane, an envoy of the Insurgents’ Congress, in Paris, and then Benjamin Franklin. Persuaded by their cause, La Fayette leaves the royal army and sets out to fight in America.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1776, the young Marquis de La Fayette marries Adrienne, the daughter of the Duke of Ayen. Sympathetic to the uprising of the American colonists, La Fayette meets Silas Deane, an envoy of the Insurgents’ Congress, in Paris, and then Benjamin Franklin himself. Won over to their cause, he leaves the royal army and goes to fight in America.
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