 | Henri 4 | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Genres:DramaWar Biography | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 throneCast:
 Julien Boisselier Henri III de Navarra - Henri IV |  Joachim Król Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné |  Andreas Schmidt Guillaume du Bartas |  Roger Casamajor Maximilien de Béthune 'Rosny' | Armelle Deutsch Marguerite de Valois 'Margot' |
| Chloé Stefani Gabrielle d'Estrées | Sven Pippig Beauvoise | Sandra Hüller Catherine | Hannelore Hoger Catharina de Medicis | Ulrich Noethen Charles IX |
 Devid Striesow Henri de Valois - Duc d'Anjou | Adam Markiewicz François - Duc d'Alençon | Gabriela Maria Schmeide Marie de Medici | Christine Urspruch Leonora (as ChrisTine Urspruch) | Marta Calvó Jeanne d'Albret |
| Karl Markovics Gaspard de Coligny |  André Hennicke Marshall Biron (as André M. Hennicke) |  Wotan Wilke Möhring Henri de Guise |  Antoine Monot Jr. Mayenne | Karin Neuhäuser Amme |
 Johannes Silberschneider Arzt in Nerac | Pep Anton Muñoz Duc d'Estrées | Matthias Walter Joyeuse | Manfred Schmid Zamet | Aida Folch Henriette |
| Frank Kessler François Ravaillac | Paulus Manker Legat | Katharina Thalbach Gauklerin | Fritz Marquardt Nostradamus | Kristo Ferkic Henri IV. - 11 years |
| Max Befort Henri IV. - 16 years (as Maximilian Befort) | Lukas T. Berglund Caesar - 7 years (as Lukas Till Berglund) | Andy Arndt Farmer | Jan Dose Attentäter | Werner Ehrlicher (voice) |
 Guido Foehrweisser (as Guido Föhrweißer) | Sigo Heinisch Catholic | Werner Lustig Pastor | Daniele Rizzo Drunk gleeman | Ludwig Skuras Village boy |
| Matthias van den Berg Catholic citizen | Frank Voß Ambroise Paré | Anton Weber Ausrufer | Amon Robert Wendel Young Louis | Bodo Wolf (voice) |
| Matt Zemlin Wärter | Michael Roll Henri IV. (voice) (uncredited) | Anna Thalbach Margot (voice) (uncredited) | Isabel Vollmer Blonde Schönheit (uncredited) |
