Cartouche
The story of a kid from the back streets who wants to become king of Paris. Brought up among petty thieves, he becomes their leader through an audacious and elegant coup which wins him the love of the…
Cartouche
The story of a kid from the back streets who wants to become king of Paris. Brought up among petty thieves, he becomes their leader through an audacious and elegant coup which wins him the love of the beautiful Venus. In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost. —Artemis-9 Louis-Dominique Bourguignon is the champion robber of the Paris underground, but leads a failed revolt against the abusive king of thieves Malichot, who keeps an excessive share. Forced to flee, Dominque joins the army with two loyal friends, shrewd La Taupe and giant La Douceur, under an incompetent colonel and a senile marshal, who praise them as sole survivors -actually cowardly hiding- in a battle against the Austrians, but fail to actually reward them. Dominique deserts, assuming the alias Cartouche, starting his own, brilliant brigand career. He robs his way back to Paris, where his proteges are abused by both Malichot, who violates Dominique's true lover Vénus, and the royal authorities, notably sadistic police chief Gaston de Ferrussac, whose equally aristocratic wife Isabelle has a crush on Cartouche. Despite his skills, he ends up captured, but a rescue is mounted. —KGF Vissers In 18th-century France, bands of robbers are wreaking havoc. Louis-Dominique Bourguignon and his brother Louison also work as thieves on behalf of Malichot. But arguments arise between Louis-Dominique and the leader, prompting the brothers to leave the gang. Louis-Dominique renames himself Cartouche and founds his own gang with new principles: only the nobility is to be robbed, and the spoils are to be distributed to the poor. In addition to Cartouche's closest confidants, La Douceur and La Taupe, the gang quickly gains new members. The pretty thief Vénus also joins them and falls in love with Cartouche. But he has already set his sights on the wife of his arch-enemy, the police prefect. However, his love for Isabelle de Ferrussac puts him and his friends in grave danger, as the police are hot on his heels. —Arte
Cartouche
Action,Adventure,Comedy
Film Details
The story of a kid from the back streets who wants to become king of Paris. Brought up among petty thieves, he becomes their leader through an audacious and elegant coup which wins him the love of the beautiful Venus. In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him.
He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love.
Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost. —Artemis-9 Louis-Dominique Bourguignon is the champion robber of the Paris underground, but leads a failed revolt against the abusive king of thieves Malichot, who keeps an excessive share. Forced to flee, Dominque joins the army with two loyal friends, shrewd La Taupe and giant La Douceur, under an incompetent colonel and a senile marshal, who praise them as sole survivors -actually cowardly hiding- in a battle against the Austrians, but fail to actually reward them.
Dominique deserts, assuming the alias Cartouche, starting his own, brilliant brigand career. He robs his way back to Paris, where his proteges are abused by both Malichot, who violates Dominique's true lover Vénus, and the royal authorities, notably sadistic police chief Gaston de Ferrussac, whose equally aristocratic wife Isabelle has a crush on Cartouche. Despite his skills, he ends up captured, but a rescue is mounted.
—KGF Vissers In 18th-century France, bands of robbers are wreaking havoc. Louis-Dominique Bourguignon and his brother Louison also work as thieves on behalf of Malichot. But arguments arise between Louis-Dominique and the leader, prompting the brothers to leave the gang.
Louis-Dominique renames himself Cartouche and founds his own gang with new principles: only the nobility is to be robbed, and the spoils are to be distributed to the poor. In addition to Cartouche's closest confidants, La Douceur and La Taupe, the gang quickly gains new members. The pretty thief Vénus also joins them and falls in love with Cartouche.
But he has already set his sights on the wife of his arch-enemy, the police prefect. However, his love for Isabelle de Ferrussac puts him and his friends in grave danger, as the police are hot on his heels. —Arte.