The Night of Varennes

Directed by Ettore Scola
1982    2h 31m    R
Drama, History, Comedy
7.283%80%
In June 1791, a stagecoach journey turns tumultuous as its passengers encounter the dramatic escape of King Louis XVI from revolutionaries in Varennes. Amidst deception and turmoil, their lives intertwine with history in a night that alters destinies.
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Cast of The Night of Varennes
  • Jean-Louis BarraultNicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
  • Marcello MastroianniCasanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
  • Hanna SchygullaCountess Sophie de la Borde
  • Harvey KeitelThomas Paine
  • Jean-Claude BrialyMonsieur Jacob
  • Andréa FerréolMadame Adélaïde Gagnon
  • Jean-Louis TrintignantMonsieur Sauce
  • Michel VitoldDe Florange
  • Laura BettiVirginia Capacelli
  • Enzo JannacciItalian clown
  • Pierre MaletEmile Delage, student revolutionary
  • Daniel GélinDe Wendel
  • Hugues QuesterJean-Louis Romeuf
  • Dora DollNanette Precy
  • Caterina BorattoMadame Faustine
  • Didi PeregoMadame Sauce
  • ÉvelyneAgnès, Restif's daughter
  • Aline MessMarie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant
  • Jacques PeyracPostilion
  • Claude LegrosSergeant at St. Menehould
  • Vernon DobtcheffJudge at the confiscation
  • Ugo FangareggiSoldier Bertrand
  • Yves CollignonDrouet, the postmaster
  • Maurice JacquemontInnkeeper at Chaintrix
  • Agnès NobecourtHubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter
  • Roger TrappBlacksmith at Meaux
  • Annie BelleProstitute with green stockings
  • Fausto Di BellaCook at Auberge du Soleil
  • Jacques Zanetti
  • Antonella Cancellieri
  • Robert NogaretBeggar at Chaintrix
  • Bruno de Stabenrath
  • Michel PiccoliKing Louis XVI (uncredited)
  • Eléonore HirtMarie-Antoinette (uncredited)
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