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.
Cast
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
Unknown
Georges Fontane
Unknown
Jean Labbé
Unknown
Gérard Serkoyan
Cabries (singing voice)
Édouard Guibert
Narrator (voice)
