Directed by:
Walerian BorowczykScreenplay:
Walerian BorowczykCinematography:
Guy DurbanCast:
Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Ligia Borowczyk, Jacques Perrin, Lawrence Trimble, Roberto, Denise Péronne, Michel Delahaye, Jean Gras, Micheline Rolla (more)Plots(1)
The 19th-century play Mazepa but relocated to 13th-century France, Blanche tells the story of the beautiful young wife (Ligia Branice) of a nobleman many decades older (French acting legend Michel Simon). As innocent as her name suggests, Blanche becomes the unwilling centre of attention in a power struggle between her husband, the visiting King and his page, the latter a notorious womaniser. Its unique visual style resembles a medieval fresco, and its period-instruments soundtrack, adapting the ancient ‘Carmina Burana’ song book, was years ahead of its time. (Arrow Academy)
(more)Cast
Michel Simon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Georges Wilson
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Ligia Borowczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Blanche (1971)
Goto, Island of Love (1968)
Behind Convent Walls (1978)
Jacques Perrin
France
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Chorus (2004)
State of Siege (1972)
Roberto
Best movies:
Blanche (1971)
Angélique, marquise des anges (1964)
Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965)
Denise Péronne
Switzerland
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Forbidden Games (1952)
My Uncle (1958)
Michel Delahaye
Algeria
Jean Gras
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The Things of Life (1970)
Mademoiselle (1966)
Micheline Rolla
France
Best movies:
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Blanche (1971)
Roger Cotte
Best movies:
Blanche (1971)