The Night of Varennes

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

History Comedy Drama

Jean-Louis Barrault

(Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne)

Marcello Mastroianni

(Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt)

Hanna Schygulla

(Countess Sophie de la Borde)

Harvey Keitel

Jean-Claude Brialy

(Monsieur Jacob)

Andréa Ferréol

(Madame Adélaïde Gagnon)

Jean-Louis Trintignant

(Monsieur Sauce)

Michel Vitold

Laura Betti

(Virginia Capacelli)

Enzo Jannacci

(Italian clown)

Pierre Malet

(Emile Delage, student revolutionary)

Daniel Gélin

Hugues Quester

(Jean-Louis Romeuf)

Dora Doll

(Nanette Precy)

Caterina Boratto

(Madame Faustine)

Didi Perego

Évelyne

(Agnès, Restif's daughter)

Aline Mess

(Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant)

Jacques Peyrac

Claude Legros

(Sergeant at St. Menehould)

Vernon Dobtcheff

(Judge at the confiscation)

Ugo Fangareggi

(Soldier Bertrand)

Yves Collignon

(Drouet, postmaster)

Maurice Jacquemont

(Innkeeper at Chaintrix)

Agnès Nobecourt

(Hubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter)

Roger Trapp

(Blacksmith at Meaux)

Annie Belle

(Prostitute with green stockings)

Fausto Di Bella

(Cook at Auberge du Soleil)

Jacques Zanetti

(Giovane Comiziante)

Antonella Cancellieri

Robert Nogaret

(Beggar at Chaintrix)

Bruno de Stabenrath

(Gabriel Vallet)

Michel Piccoli

(King Louis XVI (uncredited))

Eléonore Hirt

(Marie-Antoinette (uncredited))

Enrico Bergier

(Barone Goguelat)

Jean Tatu

Claude Le Gross