Le Radeau de la Meduse
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Iradj Azimi
Jean Yanne
Daniel Mesguich
Laurent Terzieff
Jean Desailly
Claude Jade
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Synopsis
Based on one of the most notorious episodes in French naval history. During July 1816 the French frigate Medusa leaves Guadalupe en route to Senegal. On board is a crew sympathetic to the recently defeated Napoleon Bonaparte and a captain who hasn't sailed for twenty years and is close to the restored king, Louis XVIII. Despite warnings from the crew, the captain steers the frigate into a sandbank, prompting the passengers to take to the five lifeboats; the 150 crew and soldiers are corralled onto a makeshift raft. The lifeboats tow the raft until the captain orders the lines to be cut. For 14 days the crew drifts. Cannibalism ensues and when a passing ship finally picks up the survivors only 15 are left.
Director
Iradj Azimi
Cast
Jean Yanne
Daniel Mesguich
Laurent Terzieff
Jean Desailly
Claude Jade
Alain Mace
Jerome Ange
Philippe Laudenbach
Stephanie Lanoux
Victor Garrivier
Marie Matheron
Jean-francois Balmer
Benoist Brione
Andrt Penvern
Jean-francois Delacour
Tobias Engel
Crew
Paulette Andrieux
Ricardo Aronovich
Iradj Azimi
Iradj Azimi
Iradj Azimi
Dominique Bonnaud
Carl Davis
Jacques Douy
Pierre Dupouey
Jacques-thomas Gerard
Francois Kenedi
Georges Klotz
Thierry Lebon
Dominique Louis
Marcel Mossotti
Alexis Pezas
Beatrice Pollet
Walter Van Den Ende
Yves Van Der Meeren
Walther Vanden Ende
Claire Villeval
Film Details
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Released in United States 1995
Began shooting November 1988.
Released in United States 1995
