Le chevalier de Maison-Rouge (1914)
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Paul Escoffier, Marie-Louise Derval, Georges Dorival, Léa Piron
During the Reign of Terror, a chevalier and his allies plot to free the imprisoned Marie-Antoinette.
The story
In Paris in 1793, during the Reign of Terror, the Chevalier de Maison-Rouge devises a plan to help Queen Marie-Antoinette escape. He is aided by Dixmer, a master tanner publicly seen as a fervent revolutionary, and Geneviève, Dixmer’s wife and the chevalier’s sister. During an expedition with her brother, Geneviève is saved from arrest by Lieutenant Maurice Lindey, and she falls in love with the young officer despite her unhappy marriage. As the queen remains imprisoned in the Temple Tower and faces execution if she is not freed, a tunnel is dug from a house rented by Dixmer toward the prison.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In Paris in 1793, during the Reign of Terror, the Chevalier de Maison-Rouge hatches a plot to help Queen Marie-Antoinette escape. He receives help from Dixmer, a master tanner regarded by his fellow citizens as a fervent revolutionary, and from Geneviève, his wife and the chevalier’s sister. During an expedition with her brother, Geneviève owes her escape from arrest to the intervention of Lieutenant Maurice Lindey. Unhappily married to Dixmer, she falls in love with the young officer. Meanwhile, a tunnel is being dug to connect a house rented by Dixmer to the Temple Tower, where the queen is imprisoned and faces the guillotine if she is not freed.
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