The Reign of Terror (1914)
The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his undertaking by Dixmer, a master tanner who passes himself off as an ardent revolutionary and his wife Geneviève, who also happens to be the Knight's sister. While on mission with her brother, she is saved from arrest thanks to the intervention of Lieutenant Maurice Lindey. Geneviève, who is married without love to Dixmer, falls for the young man, who requites her love. A tunnel is dug between a house rented by Dixmer and the Tower of the Temple but the various attempts to rescue the queen attempts fail. Marie-Antoinette risks the guillotine/ Moreover, Lindey finds himself involved in the plot...
Director: Albert Capellani
 |
Paul Escoffier as Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, alias le citoyen Morand |
 |
Mévisto as Le citoyen Rocher |
 |
Marie-Louise Derval as Geneviève Dixmer |
 |
Léa Piron as La reine Marie-Antoinette |
 |
Georges Dorival as Dixmer |
 |
Jean Jacquinet as Le général Santerre |
 |
Jane Maylianes as Héloïse Tison |
 |
Mary Massart as Arthémise |
 |
Henri Rollan as Le lieutenant de la garde nationale Maurice Lindey |
 |
Georges Flateau as Lorin |
 |
Émile Mylo as L'homme aux provisions |
 |
Paul Capellani as |
 |
Henry Krauss as |
| Directing | Albert Capellani | Director |
