Guerre et paix: Spielfilm

A La Guerre!: Cassone/Frige/Pian e Forte

Classic story from the multi-volume collection Celebrated Crimes. Based on an historical incident, this story served as the basis for two great movies: Le Retour de Martin Guerre starring Gerard Depardieu, and Sommersby starring Jody Foster and Richard Gere. According to Wikipedia: Martin Guerre, a French peasant of the 16th century, was at the center of a famous case of imposture. Several years after the man had left his wife, child, and village, a man claiming to be Guerre arrived. He lived with Guerres wife and son for three years. The false Martin Guerre was tried, discovered to be a man named Arnaud du Tilh and executed. The real Martin Guerre had returned during the trial. The case continues to be studied and dramatized to this day.

Martin Guerre was written in the year 1840 by Alexandre Dumas. This book is one of the most popular novels of Alexandre Dumas, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

La Guerre devait etre une piece a grand spectacle pour le Châtelet, basé sur un récit inspiré des souvenirs du pere dErckmann a larmée dHelvétie, et découpé en scenes et en tableaux par Erckmann et Chatrian. Pour maîtriser a fond son sujet, Erckmann fit un voyage en Suisse, jusqua la Via Mala, pour contempler les décors grandioses dans lesquels sétait déroulée cette campagne. Le directeur du Châtelet trouva le drame «trop long, trop réel, trop historique» et peut-etre surtout trop couteux a mettre en scene...

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