Release Date
27 Feb, 1914
Runtime
01:48: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
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...
Original Title
Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
Photos
Actors
Paul Escoffier
Mévisto
Marie-Louise Derval
Léa Piron
Georges Dorival
Jean Jacquinet
Jane Maylianes
Mary Massart
Henri Rollan
Georges Flateau
Émile Mylo
Paul Capellani
Henry Krauss
Crew
Albert Capellani
