Lancelot du Lac (film)

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Lancelot du Lac
Directed by	Robert Bresson
Produced by	Jean-Pierre Rassam Francois Rochas
Written by	Robert Bresson
Starring	Luc Simon Laura Duke Condominas Humbert Balsan Vladimir Antolek-Oresek Patrick Bernhard
Release date(s)	September 26, 1974
Running time	85 min.
Language	French
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Lancelot du Lac is 1974 film that was written and directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on Arthurian legend, and is told in a highly stylised manner. It relates the story of Lancelot and Guinevere's love, as Camelot and the Round Table fall apart. It is also based on medieval romances, especially the Lancelot-Grail cycle, and the works of Chrétien de Troyes.

In common with Bresson's other films from the period, the cast was composed of amateur actors, several of whom did not appear in any other films. Bresson's direction demanded a purposeful lack of emotion from the acting, and reduced or eliminated the fantastical elements of the Grail legend. The unglamorous depiction of the middle ages, emphasizes blood and grime over fantasy.

[edit] Cast includes

• Luc Simon
• Laura Duke Condominas
• Humbert Balsan
• Vladimir Antolek-Oresek
• Patrick Bernhard
• Arthur De Montalembert
• Charles Balsan
• Christian Schlumberger
• Joseph-Patrick Le Quidre
• Jean-Paul Leperlier
• Marie-Louise Buffet
• Marie-Gabrielle Cartron
• Antoine Rabaud
• Jean-Marie Becar
• Guy de Bernis

[edit] See also

• List of films based on Arthurian legend

[edit] External links

• Lancelot du Lac at the Internet Movie Database

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