Du Guesclin is a 1949 French historical adventure film directed by Bernard de Latour and starring Fernand Gravey, Junie Astor and Ketti Gallian. The film is a biopic about Bertrand du Guesclin, a baron, Constable of France, and high-ranked officer in the French Army of the 14th Century, who fights in the Hundred Years' War. It is based on the novel Du Guesclin by Roger Vercel. It was filmed at Marseille Studios and on location at the Château de Dinan in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.
Cast
Fernand Gravey as Bertrand du Guesclin
Junie Astor as Tiphaine Raguenel
Ketti Gallian as Jeanne de Mallemains
Noël Roquevert as Jagu, Bertrand's friend
Howard Vernon as Lancaster
Gérard Oury as Charles V of France
Gisèle Casadesus as Jeanne, the Countess of Penthièvre
Louis de Funès as Astrologer
Marcel Delaître as Chandos
Léon Bary as Léon Barry
Michel Salina as Canterbury
Paul Amiot as Le duc d'Anjou
Suzanne Nivette as Soeur Anne-Marie