Le radeau de la Méduse (1998)
1998 · 2h 10m · Drama, History
Genres: Drama, History
Iranian Iradj Azimi directed this French historical drama re-creating events depicted in the famous 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa by Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericault (1791-1824). The ill-fated voyage of the frigate Medusa begins when it departs Rochefort for Senegal in 1816.
Director: Iradj Azimi
Writers: Iradj Azimi
Music by: Carl Davis
Cinematography: Ricardo Aronovich, Pierre Dupouey
Editor: Georges Klotz, Alexis Pezas
Cast
Jean Yanne as ChaumareysDaniel Mesguich as CoudeinClaude Jade as Reine SchmaltzPhilippe Laudenbach as Julien SchmaltzAlain Macé as CoudeinRufus as HarmonicaVictor Garrivier as RichefortMichel Baumann as Maître d'équipageLaurent Terzieff as Théodore GéricaultJean Desailly as La TullayeMarie Matheron as la cantinière aveugleLaurence Hamelin as la cantinièreMore like this
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