The Advocate
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Leslie Megahey
Jean-jacques Charliot
Colin Firth
Donald Pleasence
Nicol Williamson
Raoul Delfosse
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in medieval France. A young Parisian lawyer moves to the provinces and finds himself caught up in sexual, political and religious intrigue as he is cajoled into defending a very unusual client on murder charges.
Director
Leslie Megahey
Cast
Jean-jacques Charliot
Colin Firth
Donald Pleasence
Nicol Williamson
Raoul Delfosse
Patricia Psaltopoulos
Alain Blazquez
Robert Putt
Harriet Walter
Melissa Wilkes
Francois Lalande
Ralph Nossek
Marie-pierre Cascales
Jean-pierre Stewart
David Larkin
Judy Pascoe
Peter Hudson
Isabelle Marcoz
Emil Wolk
Justin Chadwick
Roy Evans
Vernon Dobtcheff
Dave Atkins
Elizabeth Spriggs
Vincent Grass
Ian Holm
Jim Carter
Michael Gough
Sami Bouajila
Sophie Dix
Lysette Anthony
Amina Annabi
Joanna Dunham
Gordon Langford Rowe
Charles Dale
Michael Cronin
Crew
Georges Amet
Chantal Antoine
Jean-michel Ardouin
Lyn Avery
Pascale Badard
Jean-pierre Billet
Jean-marie Blondel
Laurent Bourliet
Stuart Brisdon
Daniel Brisseau
Jane Broomfield
Catherine Bruchon
Eddie Burt
Anna Buruma
Jean-claude Charrat
John Collins
Tristram Cones
Claire Cordell
Isabelle Dedieu
Jean Emmanuel Deligne
Herve Denis
Alexandre Desplat
Dave Edwards
Mickey Ellis
Danny Euston
Simon Fairclough
Jean-pierre Fedrizzi
Carol Gardner
Jean Garnier
John Hardy
Graham Hazard
Abigail Hicks
John Hooper
Marie-ann Hum
Ginny Humphries
Robert Julian
Franca Knight
Marie-christine Lofosse
Bruce Macadie
David Mason
Leslie Megahey
Ray Milhuisen
Jacques Mollon
Jean Pierre Morillon
Joyce Nettles
Jill Pack
Maggie Phelan
Daniel Phillips
Bridget Raban
Laura Richardson
Claudine Sainderichin
Veronique Sartre
Jan Sewell
Laurie Shane
Jane Shepherd
Pip Short
Debbie Slater
John Smithson
David M. Thompson
Lindsay Trenholme
John Van Der Pool
Vicky Voller
Joe Walker
Michael Waring
Sarah White
Nigel Willoughby
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States August 31, 1994
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States March 1994
Released in United States on Video April 18, 1995
Released in United States Summer August 24, 1994
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 4-13, 1994.
Began shooting September 14, 1992.
Completed shooting November 17, 1992.
Wide release in United Kingdom February 4, 1994.
Released in United States on Video April 18, 1995
Released in United States Summer August 24, 1994
Expanded Release in United States August 31, 1994
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.)
Released in United States March 1994 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 4-13, 1994.)
