Mar 20, 1996
100 min
Full-HD

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays.

Category

Adventure History Romance

Country

France

Companies

Téléma StudioCanal France 2 Cinéma France 3 Cinéma

Fabrice Luchini

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Sandrine Kiberlain

Marie-Thérèse

Manuel Blanc

Gudin

Claire Nebout

Chevalier d'Eon

Michel Serrault

Louis XV

Jacques Weber

Duc de Chaulnes

Michel Piccoli

Prince de Conti

Dominique Besnehard

Louis XVI

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