Directed by:
Walerian BorowczykScreenplay:
Walerian BorowczykCinematography:
Guy DurbanCast:
Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Ligia Borowczyk, Jacques Perrin, Lawrence Trimble, Roberto, Denise Péronne, Michel Delahaye, Jean Gras, Micheline Rolla (more)Plots(1)
The 19th-century play Mazepa but relocated to 13th-century France, Blanche tells the story of the beautiful young wife (Ligia Branice) of a nobleman many decades older (French acting legend Michel Simon). As innocent as her name suggests, Blanche becomes the unwilling centre of attention in a power struggle between her husband, the visiting King and his page, the latter a notorious womaniser. Its unique visual style resembles a medieval fresco, and its period-instruments soundtrack, adapting the ancient ‘Carmina Burana’ song book, was years ahead of its time. (Arrow Academy)
(more)Cast
![Michel Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/442/164442186_28adb8.jpg)
Michel Simon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
The Two of Us (1967)
![Georges Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319085_0e32c8.jpg)
Georges Wilson
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Ligia Borowczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Blanche (1971)
Goto, Island of Love (1968)
Behind Convent Walls (1978)
![Jacques Perrin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/586/166586756_69f75a.jpg)
Jacques Perrin
France
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Chorus (2004)
State of Siege (1972)
![Roberto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247533_7cc5fa.jpg)
Roberto
Best movies:
Blanche (1971)
Angélique, marquise des anges (1964)
Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965)
![Denise Péronne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871910_6d86f6.jpg)
Denise Péronne
Switzerland
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Forbidden Games (1952)
Mon Oncle (1958)
![Michel Delahaye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533909_3d0da3.jpg)
Michel Delahaye
Algeria
Jean Gras
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The Things of Life (1970)
Mademoiselle (1966)
Micheline Rolla
France
Best movies:
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Blanche (1971)
Roger Cotte
Best movies:
Blanche (1971)