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La Fin de Louis XI (1912)

La Fin de Louis XI poster
Directed by
Georges Denola
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
France
Runtime
7 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

King Louis XI executes the Duke of Nemours, and the duke's son swears revenge. The son's plot fails and he is captured, but friends at court help him escape. He vows to kill the king again, but Louis dies suddenly from an epileptic seizure.

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What happens

La Fin de Louis XI est un film muet français réalisé par Georges Denola, sorti en 1912. Lorsque le roi Louis XI fait arrêter et exécuter le duc de Nemours, son fils jure de se venger. Les plans du jeune duc sont découverts et il est lui aussi arrêté. Des amis à la cour organisent son évasion, et il jure à nouveau de tuer le roi, qui meurt subitement d'une crise d'épilepsie Kevin J. Harty, The Reel Middle Ages - American, Western and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Asian Films About Medieval Europe, 2015 . (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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