Search Results

“... of ‘the maid saved from the gallows’ by the arrival of a messenger. It is small wonder that Daniel Vigne was sufficiently attracted by the story to turn it into a film: this has been shown in France and the USA, though it still awaits distribution in Britain. Coincidence dogs Martin’s limping footsteps to the last. Before his film was made, ...”

“... The bogus Martin Guerre was an obscure figure until Davis – together with the film director Daniel Vigne and the actor Gérard Depardieu – made him famous. Her reconstruction of the story of the impersonation and its acceptance by the woman owed almost as much to speculation as it did to written evidence. Trickster Travels is another ...”