"Rois maudits, Les" (2005) TV mini-series

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Josée Dayan

Writers:

Maurice Druon (novel) and
Anne-Marie Catois (writer)

Release Date:

28 September 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

Based on the novel of the same name by Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits (The Cursed Kings) is the second...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Execution | Costume Drama | Overthrow | Paris

Cast

Jeanne Moreau	...	Mahaut d'Artois
Philippe Torreton	...	Robert d'Artois
Tchéky Karyo	...	Philippe le Bel (as Tcheky Karyo)
Gérard Depardieu	...	Jacques de Molay
Jérôme Anger	...	Guillaume de Nogaret
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Hugues de Bouville
Jean-Claude Drouot	...	Enguerrand de Marigny
Jacques Spiesser	...	Charles de Valois
Guillaume Depardieu	...	Louis X le Hutin
Julie Gayet	...	Isabelle de France, reine d'Angleterre
Julie Depardieu	...	Jeanne de Poitiers
Jeanne Balibar	...	Béatrice d'Hirson
Hélène Fillières	...	Marguerite de Bourgogne
Eric Ruf	...	Philippe de Poitiers
Anne Malraux	...	Blanche de Bourgogne
Luca Barbareschi	...	Spinello Tolomei
Giuseppe Soleri	...	Guccio
Claude Rich	...	Le cardinal Deuze
Line Renaud	...	Marie de Hongrie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Serena Autieri	...	Clémence de Hongrie
Dan Badarau	...	Le Capitaine Bersumee
Patrick Bouchitey	...	Maître Evrard
Sophie Broustal	...	Le Divion
Christopher Buchholz	...	Edouard II
Sophie De La Rochefoucauld	...	Dame Eudeline
Aymeric Demarigny	...	Charles de France
Marie De Villepin	...	Reine Philippa
Hélène Duc	...	Mme de Bouville
Daniel Emilfork	...	Maître Martin
Andy Gillet	...	Hugh le Despenser
Toinette Laquière	...	Comtesse de Beaumont
Julien Lucas	...	Lormet
Ana Caterina Morariu	...	Marie de Cressay
Eric Moreau	...	Un templier
Christine Musset	...	Dame d'apparat Reine Isabelle
Philippe Nevo	...	Le chevaucheur
Edouard Nikitine	...	Alain de Pareille
Violante Placido
Romain Rondeau	...	Henri Tors Col
Christiane Rorato	...	Mère abbesse
Wadeck Stanczak	...	Connétable Gaucher
Bruno Todeschini	...	Roger Mortimer
Philippe Uchan
Vasilescu Valentin	...	Comte de Salisbury
Hélène Vincent	...	Dame Eliabel de Cressay
Aurélien Wiik	...	Edouard III
Malik Zidi	...	Philippe VI de Valois
Vlad Theodor Cacinschi	...	Royal guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Josée Dayan

Writing credits
Maurice Druon		(novel)
Anne-Marie Catois		writer

Produced by
Jean-Luc Azoulay	....	producer
Thierry Bettas-Bégalin	....	line producer
Vlad Paunescu	....	co-producer
Guillaume Renouil	....	executive producer
Clément Sentilhes	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bruno Coulais

Cinematography by
Ennio Guarnieri
Gilles Scarella

Film Editing by
Fred Béraud-Dufour

Casting by
Constance Demontoy

Art Direction by
Philippe Druillet

Costume Design by
Ioana Alboiu
Mélanie Gautier
Mimi Lempicka

Makeup Department
Guillaume Castagné	....	special makeup effects artist
Catalin Ciutu	....	hair stylist
Anastasia Eremciuc	....	makeup artist
Cédric Gérard	....	key makeup artist
Catherine Leblanc	....	key hair stylist
Clara Tudose	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Cristian Bostanescu	....	executive in charge of production
Jacques Foussat	....	unit production manager
Bogdan Moncea	....	executive in charge of production
Elena Valeanu	....	unit production manager: Romania

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barbara Dupont	....	second assistant director
Oana Ene	....	second assistant director
Fabrice Grange	....	first assistant director
Julien Greco	....	second assistant director
Mircea Hategan	....	first assistant director
Stefan Petcu	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Oana Babes	....	art department coordinator
Marie-Pierre Bourboulon	....	set dresser
Anne Chadoin	....	painter
Pascal Chatton	....	first assistant decorator
Adrian Curelea	....	assistant set decorator
Popescu Dan	....	draftsman
Ghinea Diana	....	draftsperson
Marc Fivel	....	carpenter
Patrice Golardelle	....	head construction
Puscariu Grigore	....	assistant art director
Adi Handac	....	props
Frédéric Jourdan	....	carpenter
Jérôme Krowicki	....	carpenter
Liviu Marcu	....	sculptor
Bujoi Mariana	....	set dressing painter (2005)
Bogdan Olariu	....	sculptor
Alexandru Papuc	....	sculptor
Françoise Pierre	....	painter
Sorin Popa	....	lead man
Thierry Poulet	....	painter
Michel Rollant	....	property buyer
Thomas Rollin	....	carpenter
Vlad Roseanu	....	assistant art director
Serban Rotariu	....	assistant art director
Gina Stancu	....	set dresser
Catalin UdreaTuroiu	....	sculptor
Christine Vincent-Genod	....	assistant art director (2005)

Sound Department
Michel Crivellaro	....	sound editor
Christophe Danvin	....	sound recordist
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Carl Goetgheluck	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean-Paul Loublier	....	sound mixer
Michel Trouillard	....	sound editor
Charles Van der Elst	....	sound designer
Florent Vrac	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Olivier Afonso	....	special effects makeup
Philippe Hubin	....	special effects supervisor
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effects technician
Ionel Popa	....	special effects consultant

Visual Effects by
Pierre Biecher	....	visual effects producer
Jerome Fournier	....	senior matte painter

Stunts
Vasile Albinet	....	stunt coordinator
Roxana Andronescu	....	stunt performer
Dicu Aurel	....	assistant horse master
Florin Barcun	....	stunts
Gabi Burlacu	....	stunt rigger
Gabi Burlacu	....	stunts
Ion Carangea	....	stunts
Rogin Constantin	....	stunts
Mihai Danciu	....	stunts
Paul Fister	....	stunts
Marius Florian	....	stunt performer
Marius Florian	....	stunt rigger (as Florian Silviu)
Razvan Gheorghiu	....	stunts
Vlad Iacob	....	stunts
Mihai Ionita	....	stunts
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunts
Alin Luchian	....	stunts
John Maldea	....	stunts
Iulia Muresanu	....	stunt rigger
Iulia Muresanu	....	stunts: partial fire
Mihaela Elena Oros	....	stunts
Daniel Pasleaga	....	stunts
Daniel Pisica	....	stunt performer
Daniel Pisica	....	stunt rigger
Carmen Preda	....	utility stunts
Claudiu-Cristian Prisecaru	....	stunts
Olivier Schneider	....	stunts
Nicolae Stoica	....	utility stunts (as Nicu Stoica)
Valeriu Tomescu	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Bérard	....	gaffer
Matteo Carlesimo	....	Steadicam operator
Calin Catalin	....	gaffer
Catalin Ciobanu	....	electrician
Cristian Cocoroiu	....	video assist operator
Yohann Fusinelli	....	grip
Maurizio Lorenzetti	....	first assistant camera
Dan Patzelt	....	second assistant camera
Victor Toader	....	assistant camera
Marc Wolff	....	pilot: camera helicopter

Casting Department
Franck Baldino	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ioana Alboiu	....	wardrobe supervisor
Frédéric Llinares	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Frédéric Linares)

Transportation Department
Sorin Dinu	....	transport coordinator
Ovidiu Stoia	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Dicu Aurel	....	horse master
Razvan Badea	....	production assistant
Daniela Ortenzia Chelaru	....	production assistant
Johanna Colboc	....	assistant location manager
Tudor Cotovelea	....	production assistant
Jean-Christophe Dollé	....	voice dubbing: Guggio Baglioni
Liviu Gherghe	....	production assistant
Andreea Iordache	....	assistant location manager
Clara Jacobs	....	extras coordinator (as Clara Gheorghiu)
Oana Marian	....	production assistant
Mathilda May	....	voice dubbing: Clémence de Hongrie
Raphaële Moutier	....	voice dubbing: Marie de Cressay (as Raphaëlle Moutier)
Stefan Petcu	....	production assistant
Ruxandra Popescu	....	production accountant
Marie Popovitch	....	production assistant
Bogdan Stefanescu	....	unit location manager
Oana Topliceanu	....	production coordinator
Vasilescu Valentin	....	horse master
Jean-Marie Winling	....	voice dubbing: Spinello Tolomei

Production Companies

• Castel Film Romania
• France 2 (FR2)
• France 2 Cinéma
• Rai Fiction

Distributors

• Bridge Entertainment Group (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2006) (France) (DVD)

Also Known As:

A Cursed Monarchy (International: English title)
Maledizione dei templari, La (Italy)

Runtime:

500 min (5 parts)

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | Italian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Castel Film Romania

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Rois maudits, Les" (1972)

Why did they remake the 1972 series?

Basically, because they could. The original series was and probably still is the best and most literate TV series ever made on this planet. The producers of this remake kept, for the most part, the very same dialogs, which is a very good thing, but have also shortened and simplified them (a.k.a. dumbing down), which robs the characters of their individuality and make them into soap opera nimrods. They also "glamourized" many parts and replaced the very stylized, evocative and economical sets of the first series - which gave precedence to the acting, the character development, the story and the costumes - with impressive 3-D sets and some amazing CGI work and special effects. What they couldn't replace was Jean Piat's and Hélène Duc's talent and presence. The new cast is stellar but today's actors just pale by comparison with what came before... Whereas Hélène Duc was malevolence incarnate, Jeanne Moreau just aged badly and is scary to look at... They also couldn't replace Georges Delerue's genius in the music department and they used every opportunity given them to show every execution, rape, hanging, torture scene, burning at the stake, etc. in lurid and sadistic detail, something they learned from the so-called euro historical dramas of the last decade, which I call the history-as-a-series-of-body-fluids school and which owes more to Quentin Tarantino than Maurice Druon. What was only suggested is now shown without any shame or embarrassment. I'm not sure this is progress. But you'll certainly get a great many people riveted to their TV screens and maybe get a few of them to actually buy and read the book when they are sufficiently recovered from the shock...