Les Quatre Charlots mousquetaires (1974) Directed by André Hunebelle
Comedy / Adventure
aka: The Four Charlots Musketeers
Film Synopsis
The exciting adventures of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d'Artagnan, the four
famous musketeers of Louis XIII, have been widely reported, but this is of
course a work of pure fiction. The four valets of these supposed swashbuckling
heroes have a different story to tell, and if what they say is to be believed
it was they, not the illustrious four listed above, who thwarted the dastardly
schemes of the Cardinal de Richelieu and his venal sidekick Milady de Winter,
thereby saving the honour of the Queen when she foolishly made a gift of
some diamonds to her secret lover, the Duke of Buckingham. The famous
musketeers may have played a part in this implausibly far-fetched intrigue,
but if they succeeded and lived to tell the tale this is entirely down to
their ever-resourceful valets, who deserve the lion's share of the credit
for sorting out a right royal cock-up...
Cast: Gérard Rinaldi (Planchet),
Gérard Filipelli (Mousqueton),
Jean Sarrus (Bazin),
Jean-Guy Fechner (Grimaud),
Josephine Chaplin (Constance),
Daniel Ceccaldi (Louis XIII),
Paul Préboist (Le père Joseph),
Bernard Haller (Richelieu),
Karin Petersen (Milady),
Catherine Jourdan (La reine),
Jacques Seiler (Rochefort),
Jean Valmont (D'Artagnan),
Yvan Tanguy (Athos),
Gib Grossac (Porthos),
Bernard Menez (Le gouverneur de La Bastille),
Georges Mansart (Aramis),
Robert Favart (Tréville),
Jacques Legras (Alexandre Dumas),
André Gaillard (Un garde),
Teddy Vrignault (Un garde)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 110 min
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