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Le radeau de la Méduse ()


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Duroy de Chaumareys
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Coudein
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Reine Schmaltz
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Julien Schmaltz
Alain Macé ...
Henri Savigny
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Soldat musicien
Michel Baumann ...
Alexandre Corréard
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Théodore Géricault
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Antoine Richefort
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La Tullaye
Jérôme Anger ...
Daubigny
Patrick Potot ...
Aspirant
Jean Le Mouël ...
Reynaud
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La cantinière aveugle
Laurence Hamelin ...
La vivandière
Patrick Cheval ...
Soldat sénégalais
Roland Ganemet ...
(as Roland Ganamet)
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Bonnefoux
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Le commandant du Parnajon
Jean-Bernard Guillard ...
Carlier
Stephanie Lanoux ...
Mademoiselle Schmaltz
Henri Caze ...
Le vieil homme (as Henry Cazes)
Philippe Ariotti ...
Un préfet maritime
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Louis XVIII
Pascale de Boysson ...
Madame de La Tullaye
Charles Reimonek ...
(as Charles Reimonenk)
Laëtitia Lacroix ...
Sylvie - fiancée de Savigny
Benoist Brione ...
Un Soldat
Raymond Khamvene ...
Le soldat chinois
Benjamin Jules-Rosette ...
Soldat sénégalais
Tobias Engel ...
Le chocher de Daubigny
Sébastien Keran ...
Le secrétaire
Philippe Amram
Vincent Lesage
André Balay
André Marc Delocque-Fourcaud ...
(as André-Marc Delocque-Fourcaud)
Franck Calichon
Marc Chatelard
Yvon Samson
Jean-Pierre Carlon
Fabien Da Silva
Ray H. ...
(as Ray H)
Patrick Hadjadorian
Philippe Trebignaud
Gilbert Laguillaumy
Marie-Pierre Chaix ...
(as Marie-Pierre Chax)
Jacques Launay
Patrice Lecamus
Patrick Meimoun
Antoine Terezano
Jean Davion
Christophe Sahoune
Jacques Granger
Rony Barfleur
François Balay
Yves Contin
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Napoleon Bonaparte (uncredited)
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Serge Feuillet ...
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Jean-Marie Mistral ...
Un officier (uncredited)

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Iradj Azimi

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Iradj Azimi ... (writer)

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Iradj Azimi ... producer
François Kenedi ... associate producer

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Carl Davis

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Ricardo Aronovich
Pierre Dupouey
Walther van den Ende

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Georges Klotz
Alexis Pezas

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Stratos Gabrielidis ... assistant editor

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Jacques Douy

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Dominique Louis
Edith Vesperini

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Michel Conche ... on-set propmaster
Laurent Saimond ... prop buyer
Bernard Warnas ... property master

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Vincent Arnardi ... foley recordist
Philippe Bouchez ... boom operator
François de Morant ... production sound mixer
Thierry Lebon ... re-recording mixer
Eric Mauer ... sound designer
Jacques Thomas-Gérard ... re-recording mixer
Alain Villeval ... sound

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Luc Drion ... camera operator
Jean-François Grancher ... electrician
Claude Michaud ... underwater camera operator
Lionel Perrin ... grip
Philippe Porte ... electrician
Nicolas Sommermeyer ... best boy grip

Location Management

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Jean-Luc Mathieu ... assistant location manager

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  • Gémaci (1998) (France) (theatrical)

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Plot Summary

Frankreich 1816: Nach seiner Rückkehr aus dem Exil beruft Louis XVIII den Royalisten Schmaltz zum Gouverneur des Senegal. Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Reine Schmaltz und einer großen Eskorte reist Schmaltz von Rochefort nach Saint Louis. Doch die unter dem Kommando des starrsinnigen Chaumareys stehende Fregatte "Méduse" läuft vor der Küste Senegals auf eine Sandbank. Während sich die privilegierten Passagiere neben der Familie des Gouverneurs in Rettungsboote flüchtet, bleibt 150 Besatzungsmitgliedern nur ein Floß, das von den Schaluppen abgeschleppt werden soll. Doch Chaumareys kappt die Abschleppseile und das Floß treibt aufs offene Meer. Es folgen zwölf Tage voller Hunger, Durst, Kannibalismus. Nur sechs der Schiffbrüchigen überleben und die Tragödie, die zum großen Polit-Skandal wird, inspiriert den Maler Géricault zu seinem berühmten Gemälde "Das Floß der Medusa"... Azimis Film kam erst im Sommer 1998 in die Kinos. Written by Cisnadie

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Also Known As
  • The Raft of the Medusa (World-wide, English title)
  • Das Floß der Medusa (Germany)
  • Zattera della Medusa (Italy)
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  • 130 min
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Trivia Production began in 1987, but was interrupted when Hurricane Hugo demolished the sets. Finally finished in 1990, it did not get distributed until director-writer-producer Iradj Azimi slashed his wrists before officials of the French Ministry of Culture. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002). See more »

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