Le radeau de la Méduse

Synopsis

Iranian Iradj Azimi directed this French historical drama re-creating events depicted in the famous 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa by Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericault (1791-1824). The ill-fated voyage of the frigate Medusa begins when it departs Rochefort for Senegal in 1816. After striking a sandbar off the African coast, 150 civilians row safely to shore, but Captain Chaumareys (Jean Yanne) orders 140 soldiers and sailors onto a raft (minus supplies) and has it cut loose. Only 14 survive from the 140, creating a scandal back in France. Gericault (Laurent Terzieff) later talks to three of the survivors while researching his painting. Work on this film began in 1987, but sets destroyed by Hurricane Hugo caused delays, so the film was not completed until 1990. However, it then remained undistributed until an incident in which writer-director Azimi slashed his wrists in front of French Ministry of Culture officials.

Main Cast

Jean Yanne

Chaumareys

Age : 69 | Popularity : 3%

Daniel Mesguich

Coudein

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Claude Jade

Reine Schmaltz

Age : 58 | Popularity : 12%

Philippe Laudenbach

Julien Schmaltz

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%

Alain Macé

Coudein

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Rufus

Harmonica

Age : 81 | Popularity : 11%

Victor Garrivier

Richefort

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Michel Baumann

Maître d'équipage

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Dominique Louis
Camera	Director of Photography	Ricardo Aronovich Pierre Dupouey Walther van den Ende
Writing	Screenplay	Iradj Azimi
Directing	Director	Iradj Azimi
Production	Producer	Iradj Azimi
Sound	Original Music Composer	Carl Davis
Editing	Editor	Georges Klotz Alexis Pezas
Art	Production Design	Jacques Douy
Department	Role	Name

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