List of Les Rois maudits cast members and episodes
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1972 main titles
Further information: Les Rois maudits (miniseries)
Maurice Druon's Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings) sequence of historical novels has been adapted twice as miniseries for French television.[1][2] Dubbed "the French I, Claudius",[1][3] the 1972 TV adaptation of Les Rois maudits was broadcast by the ORTF from 21 December 1972 to 24 January 1973 and has been called "hugely successful".[4] A joint French-Italian adaptation was broadcast on France 2 from 7 November to 28 November 2005.[5][6]
Cast
| Role | 1972 Adaptation | 2005 Adaptation | Character description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert of Artois | Jean Piat [7] | Philippe Torreton [5][8] | Lord of Conches and Count of Beaumont-le-Roger |
| Mahaut of Artois | Hélène Duc [7][9] | Jeanne Moreau [5][8] | Robert's aunt, and mother to Jeanne and Blanche |
| Philip the Fair | Georges Marchal | Tchéky Karyo [5][8] | King of France |
| Louis, King of Navarre | Georges Ser [7] | Guillaume Depardieu [5][8] | Philip's eldest son |
| Marguerite, Queen of Navarre | Muriel Baptiste | Hélène Fillières [5][8] | Louis' wife |
| Philippe, Count of Poitiers | Josep Maria Flotats | Éric Ruf [5][8] | Philip's second son |
| Jeanne, Countess of Poitiers | Catherine Rich | Julie Depardieu [5][8] | Philippe's wife and Blanche's sister |
| Charles, Count of La Marche | Gilles Béhat | Aymeric Demarigny [5][8] | Louis and Philippe's younger brother |
| Blanche of Burgundy | Catherine Hubeau | Anne Malraux [5][8] | Charles' wife and Jeanne's sister |
| Isabella, Queen of England | Geneviève Casile [7] | Julie Gayet [5][8] | Philip's daughter, called the "She-Wolf of France" |
| Charles, Count of Valois | Jean Deschamps | Jacques Spiesser [5][8] | Philip's younger brother |
| Gautier d'Aunay | Vincent Gauthier | Pierre Thorieton | Equerry to Philippe, Count of Poitiers, and lover of Blanche |
| Philippe d'Aunay | Patrick Lancelot | Silvio Otteanu | Equerry to Charles, Count of Valois, and lover of Marguerite |
| Guillaume de Nogaret | Jacques Goasguen | Jérôme Anger [5][8] | Philip's prime councillor and keeper of the seal |
| Enguerrand de Marigny | André Falcon | Jean-Claude Drouot [8] | Philip's coadjutor |
| Hugues de Bouville | André Luguet | Jean-Claude Brialy [8] | Philip's chamberlain |
| Marguerite de Bouville | Françoise Engel | Hélène Duc [9][8] | Bouville's wife |
| Jacques de Molay | Xavier Depraz | Gérard Depardieu [5][8] | Grand Master of the Knights Templar |
| Geoffroy de Charney | Pierre Nègre | Ovidiu Ghinita | Templar Preceptor of Normandy |
| Geoffroy de Gonneville | Régis Outin | Alin Otteanu | Templar Preceptor of Aquitaine |
| Spinello Tolomei | Louis Seigner [7] | Luca Barbareschi [8] | Siennese Lombard banker |
| Guccio Baglioni | Jean-Luc Moreau | Giuseppe Solieri [8] | Tolomei's nephew |
| Lormet | Georges Staquet | Julien Lucas | Robert of Artois' aide-de-camp |
| Eliabel Cressay | Janine Crispin | Hélène Vincent [8] | Widow of the Squire of Cressay |
| Pierre Cressay | Patrick Préjean | Julien Tortora | Her son |
| Jean Cressay | Guy Saint-Jean | Jérôme Huguet | Her son |
| Marie Cressay (fr) | Anne Kreis | Ana Caterina Morariu [8] | Her daughter |
| Portefruit | Robert Lombard | Philippe Uchan | Provost of Cressay |
| Everard | Jean-Pierre Jorris | Patrick Bouchitey [8] | Knight of the Order of Templars |
| Jean de Marigny | René Roussel | Michel Hermon | Archbishop of Sens and younger brother of Enguerrand de Marigny |
| Béatrice d'Hirson | Catherine Rouvel [7] | Jeanne Balibar [8] | First lady-in-waiting to the Countess Mahaut |
| Alain de Pareilles | Pierre Gallon | Edouard Nikitine | Captain of the King's Archers |
| Robert Bersumée | Bruno Balp | Dan Badarau | Captain of the fortress Château Gaillard |
| Edward II of England | Michel Beaune | Christopher Buchholz [5][8] | King of England and Isabella's husband |
| Clémence of Hungary | Monique Lejeune | Serena Autieri [5][8] | Louis' second wife |
| Marie of Hungary | Denise Grey | Line Renaud [8] | Clemence's grandmother |
| Jeanne, Countess of Beaumont | Françoise Giret | Toinette Laquière [8] | Robert of Artois' wife |
| Eudeline | Claudine Raffali | Sophie de La Rochefoucauld [8] | Servant with whom Louis has an affair and a daughter |
| Philip of Valois | Benoît Brione | Malik Zidi [8] | Son of Charles, Count of Valois |
| Edward III of England | Jean-Louis Broust | Aurélien Wiik [8] | Son of Edward II and Isabella |
| Philippa of Hainault | Françoise Burgi | Marie de Villepin [8] | Queen Consort of Edward III, daughter of Guillaume, Count of Hainaut and Holland |
| Jeanne de Divion | Annie Bertin | Sophie Broustal [8] | Forger in Robert of Artois' employ |
| Eudes of Burgundy | Georges Riquier | C. Florescu | Brother of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre and Jeanne of Burgundy |
| Roger Mortimer | Claude Giraud | Bruno Todeschini [8] | English baron and rebel |
| Hugh Despenser the Younger | Gil Vidal | Andy Gillet | Favourite of Edward II |
| Lady Despenser | Florence Dunoyer | Angèle Humeau | Despenser's wife |
| Jacques Duèze | Henri Virlogeux | Claude Rich [8] | Cardinal who becomes Pope John XXII |
| Gaucher de Châtillon | Jean Chevrier | Wadeck Stanczak [8] | Constable of France |
| Robert, Count of Clermont | Alexandre Rignault | Ioan Siminie | Paternal uncle of Philip the Fair |
| Louis of Bourbon | Robert Nogaret | M. Radecu | Son of Robert, Count of Clermont |
| Adam Orleton | Jean Lanier | Serge Maillat | Bishop of Hereford and ally of Roger Mortimer |
| Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster | William Sabatier | Romain Rondeau [8] | Son of Edmund Crouchback and nephew of Edward I |
| John Maltravers | André Mathis | Reus Alexandru | Longtime friend and supporter of Roger Mortimer |
| Giannino Baglioni (John the Posthumous) | Jean-Gérard Sandoz | Lorans Stoica | Son of Louis X and Clemence, raised in secret by Guccio Baglioni |
| Souastre | Claude Brosset | Frédéric Laforet | Rebel baron in Artois |
| Ogle | François Darbon | Costica Barbulescu | Barber loyal to Roger Mortimer |
| Adam Héron | Michel Clainchy | George Ulmeni | Aide-de-camp of Philippe, Count of Poitiers |
| Mathieu de Trye | Marcel Charvey | Grégoire Aubuy-Taulère | Louis' chamberlain |
| Jean de Cherchemont | Daniel Gall | Mircea Stohan | Chancellor of Phillipe V, Charles IV and Philippe VI |
| Louis, Count of Évreux | Robert Party | N/A | Philip the Fair's youngest brother |
| Thierry d'Hirson | Yvon Sarray | N/A | Béatrice d'Hirson's uncle |
| Jeanne of Burgundy | Ghislaine Porret | N/A | Sister of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre and Eudes of Burgundy; Philip of Valois' wife |
| Miles de Noyers | Michel Favory | N/A | Nephew of Gaucher V de Châtillon, Marshal of France under Philip the Fair and later advisor to Louis X, Philippe V, Charles IV and Philippe VI |
| Roger Mortimer the Elder | Samson Fainsilber | N/A | Mortimer's uncle |
| Edmund, Earl of Kent | Eric Kruger | N/A | Half-brother to Edward II and cousin to the French royals |
| Jean of Hainaut | Igor Tyczka | N/A | Brother and general to Guillaume, Count of Hainaut and Holland |
| Étienne de Mornay | Michel Bertay | N/A | Chancellor of Charles of Valois |
| Raoul de Presles | Christian Bertola | N/A | Philip's councillor |
| Francesco Caetani | Maurice Nasil | N/A | Cardinal |
| Napoléon Orsini | Pierre Marteville | N/A | Cardinal |
| Jean de Forez | Roger Jacquet | N/A | Supporter of Philippe, Count of Poitiers |
| Gérard de Alspaye | André Chazel | N/A | Guard at the Tower of London who aids in Mortimer's escape |
| Jacob van Artevelde | Christian Barbier | N/A | Flemish merchant befriended by Robert of Artois |
| William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury | Serge Maillat | N/A | Longtime friend and supporter of Edward III |
| Narrator | Jean Desailly | N/A | |
| Jeanne, Lady Mortimer | N/A | Valérie Lang | Mortimer's wife |
| Jeanne of Navarre | N/A | Buciu Maria | Louis and Marguerite's daughter (4 years old) |
| Young Eudeline | N/A | F. Besson | Louis and Eudeline's illegitimate daughter |
Episodes
1972 miniseries
| No. | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Le Roi de fer" | 21 December 1972 |
| 2 | "La Reine étranglée" | 28 December 1972 |
| 3 | "Les Poisons de la couronne" | 3 January 1973 |
| 4 | "La Loi des mâles" | 10 January 1973 |
| 5 | "La Louve de France" | 17 January 1973 |
| 6 | "Le Lys et le lion" | 24 January 1973 |
2005 miniseries
| No. | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Le Roi de fer" | 7 November 2005 |
| 2 | "La Reine étranglée" | 8 November 2005 |
| 3 | "Les Poisons de la couronne" | 14 November 2005 |
| 4 | "La Louve de France" | 21 November 2005 |
| 5 | "Le Lys et le lion" | 28 November 2005 |
References
- 1 2 Martin, George R. R. (3 April 2013). "My hero: Maurice Druon by George RR Martin". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ Kamin, Debra (20 May 2014). "The Jewish legacy behind Game of Thrones". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ Milne, Ben (4 April 2014). "Game of Thrones: The cult French novel that inspired George RR Martin". BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ Jackson, Julian (15 April 2009). "Obituary: Maurice Druon". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Official website: Les Rois maudits (2005 miniseries)" (in French). 2005. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Les Rois maudits, the end of a saga" (in French). AlloCiné. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Guyard, Bertrand (11 July 2013). "The First Accursed Kings on History". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- 1 2 Lentz III, Harris M. (7 May 2015). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014. McFarland & Company. p. 100. ISBN 9780786476664. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
External links
- Les Rois maudits (1972) at the Internet Movie Database
- Les Rois maudits (2005) at the Internet Movie Database
- French Wikipedia
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