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Charlemagne, le prince à cheval is a 1993 television miniseries about the life of Charlemagne. It consists of five episodes and covers the period from the death of his father, Pepin the Short in AD 768 until Charlemagne's corronation as the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, AD 800. However, there is a minor chronological anachronism: in an earlier episode, we see Widukind, the king of the Saxons surrender and convert to Christianity, which didn't happen until AD 803.
This program was directed by Clive Donner and based primarily on the contemporary biography of Charlemagne written by Einhard, who knew Charlemagne personally.
Cast
- Christian Brendel as "Charlemagne"
- Anny Duperey as "Bertrada of Laon"
- Lino Capolicchio as "Pope Leo III"
- André Oumansky as "Pepin the Short"
- Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus as "Einhard"
- Xavier Deluc as "Roland"
- Paolo Bonacelli as "Vitale"
- Vanni Corbellini as "Ganelon"
- Pierre Anais as "Turpin"
- Nils Tavernier as "Carloman I"
- Anne De Broca as "Gerberga, Queen of the Franks"
- Dominic Gould
- Carole Richert as "Himiltrude"
- Cris Campion as "Pepin the Hunchback"
- Sergio Fantoni as "Pope Adrian I"
- Frank Finlay as "Alcuin of York"
- Remo Girone as "King Desiderius"
- Helmut Griem as "Widukind"
See also
External links
Categories:- 1993 films
- 1990s films
- Films set in France
- Films set in the 8th century
- Films set in the Viking Age
- Films set in the Holy Roman Empire
- Biographical films
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