The Vagabond King
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ludwig Berger
Dennis King
Jeanette Macdonald
O. P. Heggie
Lillian Roth
Warner Oland
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1463 when Paris is beseiged by the Burgundians, the people are in revolt against the weak King Louis XI, who fails to defend the city. His Grand Marshal, Thibault, secretly in league with the Burgundians, plots the murder of the king and his royal niece, Katherine, but she is saved by François Villon, leader of the vagabonds, who falls in love with her. The king's astrologer tells him that a vagabond will redeem Paris. He goes in disguise to the tavern of the vagabonds, hears François mocking him in song, and orders him arrested, along with Huguette, a girl who loves him. François accepts the offer of being temporary monarch for a week, followed by death. Meanwhile, Thibault leads the vagabonds to free him, hoping to kill the king, and Huguette is accidentally killed. François leads a successful attack against the Burgundians; and when Katherine offers her life in exchange for his, Louis relents before the crowd, granting the lovers their freedom.
Director
Ludwig Berger
Cast
Dennis King
Jeanette Macdonald
O. P. Heggie
Lillian Roth
Warner Oland
Lawford Davidson
Arthur Stone
Thomas Ricketts
Crew
Travis Banton
Newell Chase
Sam Coslow
Hans Dreier
Rudolf Friml
Henry Gerrard
Franklin Hansen
Brian Hooker
Natalie Kalmus
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Ray Rennahan
Leo Robin
Merrill White
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Art Direction
Quotes
Trivia
This film was presumed lost until a copy was found in 1998 and restored.
