The Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror

108 mins | Drama, History | Feb. 27, 1914

The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his undertaking by Dixmer, a master tanner who passes himself off as an ardent revolutionary and his wife Geneviève, who also happens to be the Knight's sister. While on mission with her brother, she is saved from arrest thanks to the intervention of Lieutenant Maurice Lindey. Geneviève, who is married without love to Dixmer, falls for the young man, who requites her love. A tunnel is dug between a house rented by Dixmer and the Tower of the Temple but the various attempts to rescue the queen attempts fail. Marie-Antoinette risks the guillotine/ Moreover, Lindey finds himself involved in the plot...

The Reign of Terror

108 mins | Drama, History | Feb. 27, 1914

The Reign of Terror
The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his undertaking by Dixmer, a master tanner who passes himself off as an ardent revolutionary and his wife Geneviève, who also happens to be the Knight's sister. While on mission with her brother, she is saved from arrest thanks to the intervention of Lieutenant Maurice Lindey. Geneviève, who is married without love to Dixmer, falls for the young man, who requites her love. A tunnel is dug between a house rented by Dixmer and the Tower of the Temple but the various attempts to rescue the queen attempts fail. Marie-Antoinette risks the guillotine/ Moreover, Lindey finds himself involved in the plot...
Producers Pathé Frères
Original title Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
Directors Albert Capellani
Writers

Cast

Paul Escoffier

as Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, alias le citoyen Morand

Mévisto

as Le citoyen Rocher

Marie-Louise Derval

as Geneviève Dixmer

Léa Piron

as La reine Marie-Antoinette

Georges Dorival

as Dixmer

Jean Jacquinet

as Le général Santerre

Jane Maylianes

as Héloïse Tison

Mary Massart

as Arthémise

Henri Rollan

as Le lieutenant de la garde nationale Maurice Lindey

Georges Flateau

as Lorin

Émile Mylo

as L'homme aux provisions