The Reign of Terror

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...

Cast

Paul Escoffier Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, alias le citoyen Morand Mévisto Le citoyen Rocher Marie-Louise Derval Geneviève Dixmer Léa Piron La reine Marie-Antoinette Georges Dorival Dixmer Jean Jacquinet Le général Santerre Jane Maylianes Héloïse Tison Mary Massart Arthémise Henri Rollan Le lieutenant de la garde nationale Maurice Lindey Georges Flateau Lorin Émile Mylo L'homme aux provisions Paul Capellani

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