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11-21-2006, 12:23 PM
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1953426,00.html
Charlemagne commands starry cast
Staff and agencies
Tuesday November 21, 2006
Guardian Unlimited
John Malkovich, Peter O'Toole, Damian Lewis, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Dillane, Anna Massey, Michael Madsen, Darryl Hannah and Virginie Ledoyen are among the all-star cast that will appear in Love and Virtue, an epic film about Charlemagne by Chilean arthouse director Raoul Ruiz. Dillane will portray the Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor, Lewis will play a court knight who falls for Ledoyen's character, while Malkovich and Madsen will play barbarian marauders. The script is based on the epic poems The Song of Roland and Orlando Innamorato. Filming is to begin in March on location in Belgium and Luxembourg, before moving to London.
Charlemagne commands starry cast
Staff and agencies
Tuesday November 21, 2006
Guardian Unlimited
John Malkovich, Peter O'Toole, Damian Lewis, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Dillane, Anna Massey, Michael Madsen, Darryl Hannah and Virginie Ledoyen are among the all-star cast that will appear in Love and Virtue, an epic film about Charlemagne by Chilean arthouse director Raoul Ruiz. Dillane will portray the Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor, Lewis will play a court knight who falls for Ledoyen's character, while Malkovich and Madsen will play barbarian marauders. The script is based on the epic poems The Song of Roland and Orlando Innamorato. Filming is to begin in March on location in Belgium and Luxembourg, before moving to London.