la tour , prends garde !
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n the mid - 17th century, henri la tour leads a troupe of travelling actors at the time when france is at war with austria. appearing before king louis xv and his court, la tour displeases the duke of saint - sever, who orders him to be flogged. publicly disgraced, la tour soon redeems himself by recovering the king' s standard after it has been taken by the austrian army. la tour' s reward for this act of chivalry is to fight a duel with saint - sever. during the duel, both men are attacked by a band of austrian soldiers and saint - sever is killed, stabbed by his enemy pérouge. before he dies, the duke implores la tour to find his illegitimate daughter, toinon, and make sure that she inherits his estate. without delay, la tour heads off to paris, where he rescues toinon from the clutches of the wicked taupin, who exploits her as a servant. blamed for saint - sever' s death, la tour is arrested and thrown into prison, but he escapes with the help of his fellow actors. by this time toinon has been deported to america after being branded a prostitute by taupin and pérouge ...
le duc philippe de saint sever (as p. e. deiber sociétaire de la comédie française )
henri la tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. so, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by king louis xv, the duke of saint - sever takes offense... see full summary »
historically, this is the first in the series of swashbucklers in which jean marais starred from the late fifties to 1962. and this is not the best, because of a desultory script which does not really grab the audience. the first part looks like a poor man' s
fanfan la tulipe
which also took place during king louis the fifteenth' s reign. the anti - war spirit (reflected in the performance on stage) may remind you of some of henri jeanson' s lines, but it' s a pale imitation. the second part can be looked upon as a blueprint for
le bossu
, the following year, la tour and lagardère being interchangeable heroes: the dashing fair knight goes to the rescue of a damsel in distress, deprived of her inheritance. filmed on scope, which was still rather luxury in the french cinema, the director makes the best of it at the beginning in the war scenes, then for the last scenes with the deported women prisoners en route to la rochelle .
henri la tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. so, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by king louis xv, the duke of saint - sever takes offense at it and challenges henri to a duel. however, while they fight, a group of austrian soldiers appear suddenly and the two rivals instantly unite to repel their enemies. unfortunately, saint - sever is mortally wounded and, feeling he is about to die, he entreats his new friend to offer protection to toinon, his natural daughter, whose life is being threatened ...
ean marais stars in this big budget historical fantasy directed by georges lampin. the film' s extravagant production values are not matched by the quality of its script nor its direction, however. so, whilst the film is visually stunning - particularly the lavish location filming (in yugoslavia) - it feels a somewhat dry and shallow substitute for a more serious historical drama. marais is, as ever, magnificent as the swashbuckling hero, although his romantic pairing with an actress who looks less than half his age appears more than a little suspect. the film is probably best known for marking the screen debut of a certain jean - pierre léaud, a child actor who would, one year later, star in francois truffaut' s
and subsequently become one of the faces most closely identified with the french new wave .
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la tour , prends garde ! ( english : the tower , watch out ! ) is a french adventure drama film from 1958 , directed by georges lampin , written by claude accursi , starring jean marais . the film was known under the title " king on horseback " ( usa ) , " des königs bester mann " ( west germany ) , " killer spy " ( international english title ) . 
la tour, prends garde! (english: the tower, watch out !) is a french adventure drama film from 1958, directed by georges lampin, written by claude accursi, starring jean marais. the film was known under the title " king on horseback " (usa), " des königs bester mann " (west germany), " killer spy " (international english title).
la tour, prends garde! (english: the tower, watch out !) is a french adventure drama film from 1958, directed by georges lampin, written by claude accursi, starring jean marais. the film was known under the title " king on horseback " (usa), " des königs bester mann " (west germany), " killer spy " (international english title).