Colonel Chabert Movie Review 1994

In the 1807 Battle of Eylau, French officer Chabert (Depardieu) is thought dead and stripped of all he possesses. After 10 years of imprisonment, a man shows up in the office of Paris lawyer Derville (Luchini), claiming to be the dead Chabert. His remarried wife (Ardant), now the Countess Ferraud, has used his fortune to bolster the political aspirations of her second husband (Dussolier) and refuses to acknowledge this stranger's claims. Is Chabert a fraud? And what exactly are the motives of all the players? Based on the novel by Honore de Balzac. Directorial debut of Angelo. French with subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 111 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, Books to Film: Honore de Balzac, Mistaken Identity, War, General, Men in Prison

Screenplay

Yves Angelo, Jean Cosmos, Veronique Lagrange

Cast

Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, Andre Dussollier

Cinematography

Bernard Lutic

Director

Yves Angelo

Producer

Jean-Louis Livi, Bernard Marescot, Film Par Film, October Films