Henri 4

Henri 4 (2024)

2024

History / Drama

5.9 from 10 with total 20 votes

2010-03-04

155 minutes

A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France\'s beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier\'s epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one with more than a little bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late 16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots were at war. Seemingly seeking peace, the French dowager queen, Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to have him marry her daughter, uniting the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew\'s Day massacre and Henry-now married-must use all his guile to both stay alive and maneuver for the throne. [Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival]

Julien Boisselier character Henry of Navarre

Joachim Król character Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné

Andreas Schmidt character Guillaume du Bartas

Roger Casamajor character Maximilien de Béthune 'Rosny'

Armelle Deutsch character Marguerite de Valois 'Margot'

Chloé Stefani character Gabrielle d'Estrées

Hannelore Hoger character Katharina de Medici

Ulrich Noethen character Karl IX

Devid Striesow character D'Anjou

Katharina Thalbach character Gauklerin

Karl Markovics character Coligny

Gabriela Maria Schmeide character Marie de Medici

Christine Urspruch character Leonora

André Hennicke character Biron

Wotan Wilke Möhring character von Guise

Johannes Silberschneider character Arzt in Nerac

Sandra Hüller character Catherine

Antoine Monot Jr. character Mayenne

Sven Pippig character Beauvois

Frank Voß character Arzt Ambroise Parè