Chambord: The Castle, the King and the Architect (2015)

Chambord, the most impressive castle in the Loire Valley, in France, a truly Renaissance treasure, has always been an enigma to generations of historians. Why did King Francis I (1494-1547), who commissioned it, embark on this epic project in the heart of the marshlands in 1519? What significance did he want the castle to have? What role did his friend, Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) play? Was he the architect or who was?

Producers	ARTE, Gedeon Programmes, CNRS Images, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, Domaine National de Chambord
Original title	Chambord : le château, le roi et l'architecte
Directors	Marc Jampolsky
Writers	Marc Jampolsky

Cast

Cédric Zimmerlin

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Sébastien Dupuis

as Francis I

Olivier Hamel

as Charles Quint

Jean-Michel Marnet

as Maréchal des Logis

Lionel Robert

as Jean de Lorraine

Frédéric Martin

as Anselme

Jean d'Haussonville

as Self

Luc Forlivesi

as Self

Simon Bryant

as Self

Monique Châtenet

as Self

Pascal Brioist

as Self

Thierry Crépin-Leblond

as Self

Jean Guillaume

as Self

Eric Johannot

as Self

Benoist Pierre

as Self - Professor, University of Tours