---
title: 'La Fayette (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean Dréville'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 158
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-fayette-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055070/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# La Fayette (1961)

1961 · 158 min · History · France, Italy


## Synopsis

La Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian epic biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Michel Le Royer, Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean Dréville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-dreville)
- **Producer:** [Jean Dréville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-dreville)
- **Screenplay:** [Jacques Sigurd](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-sigurd), [Jean Bernard-Luc](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-bernard-luc)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roger Hubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-hubert)
- **Editor:** [René Le Hénaff](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-le-henaff)

## Cast

- [Vittorio De Sica](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-de-sica) as Aaron Bancroft
- [Jean Degrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-degrave) as Louis Marie Antoine de Noailles
- [Jacques Castelot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-castelot) as Duc d'Ayen
- [Jack Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hawkins) as Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
- [Renée Saint-Cyr](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-saint-cyr) as la duchesse d'Ayen
- [Eva Damien](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-damien)
- [Wolfgang Preiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-preiss) as Johann de Kalb
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles) as Benjamin Franklin
- [Anne Doat](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-doat)
- [Liselotte Pulver](https://cinepixo.com/people/liselotte-pulver) as Marie Antoinette
- [Roger Bontemps](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-bontemps) as Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie
- [Folco Lulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/folco-lulli) as capitaine Rocco Borsalino
- [Henri Tisot](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-tisot) as Louis XVIII of France
- [Georges Rivière](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-riviere) as Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
- [Roland Rodier](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-rodier) as Mauroy

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