La princesse de Montpensier (2010)

Actors: Michel Vuillermoz (actor), Bertrand Tavernier (director), Bertrand Tavernier (writer), Philippe Sarde (composer), Florence Thomassin (actress), Philippe Magnan (actor), Jean Cosmos (writer), Lambert Wilson (actor), Olivier Loustau (actor), Jean-Pol Dubois (actor), Raphaël Personnaz (actor), Frédéric Bourboulon (producer), Frédéric Bourboulon (actor), Nathalie Krebs (actress), Alain Sachs (actor),

Plot: Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella by the celebrated Madame de Lafayette, the action centers on the love of Marie de Mezières for her dashing cousin Henri de Guise, thwarted when her father's political ambitions force her into marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier, who she has never met. When Philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of Count Chabannes, an aging nobleman with a disdain for warfare, and soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court.

Henri 4 (2010)

Actors: Wotan Wilke Möhring (actor), Anna Thalbach (actress), Devid Striesow (actor), Johannes Silberschneider (actor), Michael Roll (actor), Hannelore Hoger (actress), Andreas Schmidt (actor), Ulrich Noethen (actor), Antoine Monot Jr. (actor), André Hennicke (actor), Julien Boisselier (actor), Joachim Król (actor), Karl Markovics (actor), Jean Bigot (producer), Katharina Thalbach (actress),

Plot: A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one with more than a little bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late 16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots were at war. Seemingly seeking peace, the French dowager queen, Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to have him marry her daughter, uniting the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and Henry-now married-must use all his guile to both stay alive and maneuver for the throne

Les samedis de l'histoire: Henri IV (1977)

Actors: Michel Beaune (actor), Fernand Guiot (actor), Jacques Lalande (actor), André Thorent (actor), Jean Lescot (actor), Alain Mottet (actor), Jean Bernard-Luc (writer), Gilles Béhat (actor), Jean Le Mouël (actor), Claude Evrard (actor), Jean Leuvrais (actor), Raoul Guillet (actor), Alain MacMoy (actor), Sophie Barjac (actress), Maryvonne Schiltz (actress),

Le vert galant (1924)

Actors: André Marnay (actor), René Leprince (director), Maurice Schutz (actor), Joë Hamman (actor), Claude Mérelle (actress), Carlos Avril (actor), Fernand Mailly (actor), Anna Lefeuvrier (actress), Albert Mayer (actor), Renée Héribel (actress), Pierre de Guingand (actor), Aimé Simon-Girard (actor), Jean Peyrière (actor), Madeleine Erickson (actress), Raoul Praxy (actor),