Julien Boisselier
Henri de Navarre
A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically-entertaining adventure, albeit one with much bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late-16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots are at war. Seemingly seeking peace, French dowager Queen Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to marry him to her daughter, which would unite the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and Henry--now married--must use all his guile to stay alive and maneuver for the throne.
Henri de Navarre
Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné
Guillaume du Bartas
Maximilien de Béthune 'Rosny'
Marguerite de Valois 'Margot'
Gabrielle d'Estrées
Katharina de Medici
Karl IX
D'Anjou
Gauklerin
Coligny
Marie de Medici
Leonora
Biron
von Guise
Arzt in Nerac
Catherine
Mayenne
Beauvois
Arzt Ambroise Parè
Director
