Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

Synopsis

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval is a 1993 television miniseries about the life of Charlemagne. It consists of five episodes and covers the period from the death of his father, Pepin the Short in AD 768 until Charlemagne's corronation as the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, AD 800. However, there is a minor chronological anachronism: in an earlier episode, we see Widukind, the king of the Saxons surrender and convert to Christianity, which didn't happen until AD 803. This program was directed by Clive Donner and based primarily on the contemporary biography of Charlemagne written by Einhard, who knew Charlemagne personally.

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The Great Courses Amazon Channel

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Cast

Anny Duperey

Bertha

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Pierre Anais

Turpin

Xavier Deluc

Roland

Vanni Corbellini

Ganelon

Frank Finlay

Alcuin

Remo Girone

Desiderius

Sergio Fantoni

Papst Hadrien

Lino Capolicchio

Papst Leo

Simona Cavallari

Ermengard

Paolo Bonacelli

Vitale

Isabelle Pasco

Hidegarde

Sophie Duez

Lutgard

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus

Einhard

Helmut Griem

Widukind

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Corinne Touzet

Irene

Pierre Cosso

Olivier

Martin Bermoser

Karlmann

Christian Brendel

Charlemagne

Valentine Varela

Luitpergu

Cris Campion

Pépin le Bossu

Crew

Camera

• Elemér Ragályi Director of Photography

Directing

• Clive Donner Director

Sound

• Hughes de Courson Original Music Composer

Writing

• Marcel Jullian Teleplay
• Jack Russell Teleplay
• Vittorio Bonicelli Story
• Jack Russell Writer
• Vittorio Bonicelli Writer
• Marcel Jullian Writer

Seasons & episodes