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Henri 4
A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically-entertaining adventure, albeit one with much bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late-16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots are at war. Seemingly seeking peace, French dowager Queen Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to marry him to her daughter, which would unite the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and Henry--now married--must use all his guile to stay alive and maneuver for the throne.
1978 in Rybnik, Slaskie, Poland
1956, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
1975, Berlin, Germany
14 December 1961, Ratingen, Germany
April 4, 1940
1955 in Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
January 3, 1963 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
23 May 1967, Detmold, Germany
July 15, 1928 in Groß Friedrich, Brandenburg, Germany [now Karkoszów, Poland]
