L’Autrichienne is a French film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre , released in 1989 .
Synopsis
The film evokes the last days of Marie Antoinette of Austria interpreted by Ute Lemper , from its trial to its execution. It was shot during the celebrations of the bicentenary of the French Revolution . On a screenplay by Alain Decaux and André Castelot based on the minutes of the queen ‘s trial, The Austrian is largely a closed session (scenes of the trial, and the Conciergerie ), punctuated by sequences in flashback .
Technical sheet
- Original title: The Austrian
- Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre
- Scenario: Alain Decaux and André Castelot
- Sets: Jacques Saulnier
- Costumes: Liliane Delers
- Photography: Pascal Lebègue
- Sound: Alix Comte
- Editing: Jean Ravel
- Music: Didier Vasseur
- Associate production company: Raymond Danon
- Production Companies: Danon Audiovisual , Lira Films , Paradise Productions
- Distribution Company: Nine of Heart Productions
- Country of origin: France
- Original language: French
- Format: color – 35 mm – Stereo sound
- Genre : Historical Movie
- Duration: 98 minutes
- Release dates:
- France :
Distribution
- Ute Lemper : Marie Antoinette
- Patrick Chesnais : Martial Joseph Armand Herman
- Daniel Mesguich : Fouquier-Tinville
- Philippe Leroy : Charles Henri d’Estaing
- Rufus : Father Girard
- Pierre Clémenti : Jacques-René Hébert
- Frédéric van den Driessche : Claude Francois Chauveau-Lagarde
- Christian Charmetant : Tronson-Ducoudray
- Catherine Erhardy : Duchess of Polignac
- Géraldine Danon : Rosalie
- Isabelle Nanty : Queen Millot
- Christian Bouillette : Larivière
- Christophe Brault : Lieutenant of Busne
- Jean-Pol Dubois : Fabricius
- Simon Eine : Lecointre
- Michel Favory : Valaze
- Bernard Freyd : Bailly
- Vincent Grass : Roussillon
- Fred Herbault : The Pine Tower
- Paul The Person : Simon