Movie Description
La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse
(2015)Overview
On July 5, 1816, the raft of La Méduse, about 20 by 12 meters, began its slow drift. They left at 151 and 13 days later, after a hellish journey, arrived at 15... Who knows the true story of Le Radeau de La Méduse? Painted in 1819, Théodore Géricault's romantic masterpiece became so famous that it has since overshadowed the true story that inspired it. In June 1816, during the Restoration under Louix XVIII, a French ship, the Méduse, left the port of Rochefort bound for Senegal. Its crew, made up of the new governor Schamaltz, company officials, troops and the expeditionary corps, had to settle in this former colony restored to France by England. In all, some 400 passengers. But due to the unpredictable cartography of the time and the short-sightedness of its commander, La Méduse ran aground on a sandbank off the coast of Mauritania.
Featured Crew
- Director : Herlé Jouon
- Producer : Guillaume Pérès,Hélène Coldefy,Tiphaine Rabeisen
- Writer : Herlé Jouon
- Editor : Didier Maertens
- Cast : Nathan Gabily,Antoine Monier,Damien Henno,Didier Poulain,Philippe Mathieu,Martine Acerra,Bruno Chénique,Denis Roland,Alain Morgat,François Bellec,Luc-Christophe Guillerm,Steven Callahan
Cast
Théodore Géricault, le peintre (1791-1824)
Jean-Baptiste Savigny
Alexandre Corréard
Touche-Lavilette
Self - Historien et administrateur du Musée de la Marine, Rochefort
Self - Historienne de l'Histoire maritime du XiXème, CNRS
Self - Dr. en histoire de l'art, auteur d'ouvrages sur Géricault
Self - Musée national de la Marine-école de médecine, Rochefort
Self - Conservateur en chef du patrimoine, Rochefort
Self - Contre-Amiral Marine nationale et écrivain
Self - Médecin psychiatre
Self - Expert en survie maritime (USA)
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Facts
Original TitleLa Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse
Status Released
Release Information
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2015-03-19
Original LanguageUnknown
Production CompaniesGrand Angle Productions,ARTE,TV5 Monde,Epsilon Productions,Les Anges Rebelles
Genres
- Documentary
- History
