Colonel Chabert (1994 film)
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| Directed by | Yves Angelo |
| Produced by | Jean-Louis Livi |
| Screenplay by |
Yves Angelo Jean Cosmos Véronique Lagrange |
| Based on |
Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac |
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| Cinematography | Bernard Lutic |
| Edited by | Thierry Derocles |
| Distributed by | AMLF |
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110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $11.4 million |
| Box office | $13.2 million |
Le Colonel Chabert (English title: Colonel Chabert) is a 1994 French historical drama film directed by Yves Angelo and starring Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant and Fabrice Luchini. It is based on the novel Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac.
In Paris, in February 1817, three years after the fall of the Empire, the lawyer Derville receives a visit from an old man in dressed in poverty. He claims to be Colonel Chabert, believed dead at the Battle of Eylau in 1807. He had contributed to the victory by leading a famous cavalry charge.
The old man tells how, waking surrounded by corpses, he survived his wounds.
He has returned ten years later and wishes to claim his title, to take advantage of his rights and to live again with his wife. She, during his absence, has married Count Ferraud.
She refuses to recognise her first husband. A lawyer agrees to help the colonel by proposing a transaction with his ex-wife. She refuses and tries to manipulate her ex-husband. Chabert is not deceived, and disgusted by the corruption of men, he sinks into madness and misanthropy, putting an end to the divorce procedure that he had wanted so much.
Rejected by his wife, and condemned for vagrancy, Colonel Chabert will finish his life in poverty in an asylum.
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