A historical and tragic backdrop: the dragonnades, the persecution of Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. And a comic situation: an insubordinate singer who taunts Louis XIV's soldiers from the top of his rock, driving Marshal Boutre half mad.
Director:
Jacques Dufilho
Marshall Jérémie Boutre
André Dumas
Cabries
Marc Dudicourt
the priest
Jean Barrez
Lezin
Jean Luisi
Louis
Bernard Tiphaine
the notary
Pierre Duncan
the man with pigs
Mag-Avril
Marie
Olivia Poli
Boutre's dreamed wife
Marius Pellequer
the fisherman
Luce Stebenne
the grieving woman
Bernard Gauthier
the captain
Marie-Christine Auferil
the mermaid
Max Darrière
Georges Fontane
Jean Labbé
Gérard Serkoyan
Cabries (singing voice)
Édouard Guibert
Narrator (voice)
