Directed by:
Daniel VigneCinematography:
André NeauComposer:
Michel PortalCast:
Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Roger Planchon, Tchéky Karyo, Dominique Pinon, Maurice Barrier, Yvette Petit, Marcel Champel (more)Plots(1)
Based on actual events in 16th century France, a Toulouse magistrate presides over the trial of a young man who returned to a medieval village claiming to be Martin Guerre, the scion of a well to do peasant family who'd abandoned his wife and kin years earlier. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
Nathalie Baye
France
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Day for Night (1973)
Mado (1976)
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
Roger Planchon
France
Best movies:
A Man Escaped (1956)
I... For Icarus (1979)
Camille Claudel (1988)
Tchéky Karyo
Turkey
Best movies:
The Bear (1988)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
GoldenEye (1995)
Dominique Pinon
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Amelie (2001)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
Maurice Barrier
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Fugitives (1986)
Flic Story (1975)
Yvette Petit
Best movies:
The Cry of the Owl (1987)
Germinal (1993)
Mother (1991)
Marcel Champel
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Les Misérables (1982)
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Isabelle Sadoyan
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
The Things of Life (1970)
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
André Chaumeau
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Germinal (1993)
Bankers Also Have Souls (1982)
Alain Frérot
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Rose Thiéry
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1982)
The Last Metro (1980)
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Maurice Jacquemont
France
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
State of Siege (1972)
Axel Bogousslavsky
France
Best movies:
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Docteur Petiot (1990)
Une femme ou deux (1985)
Chantal Deruaz
Best movies:
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Diva (1981)
Maigret (1991) (series)