COLONEL CHABERT

Original French 47 inch x 63 inch Poster for the 1995 Yves Angelo Historical Drama COLONEL CHABERT, based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac and starring Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Daniel Prévost, Olivier Saladin, Maxime Leroux, Éric Elmosnino, Guillaume Romain, Patrick Bordier, Claude Rich and Romane Bohringer.

This metaphorical drama, about the changes brought to French society by revolution, stars Gérard Depardieu as Chabert, a French soldier who served under Napoleon in 1807 and was thought to have died in battle. In fact, Chabert was buried in a mass grave with a large number of deceased soldiers, but he managed to crawl from the pile of corpses and has been wandering through the French countryside ever since. In the ten years since his “death,” Chabert’s wife (Fanny Ardant) has spent his fortune and gone on to marry Count Ferraud (Andre Dussolier), which has made her a woman of wealth and power. When Chabert, now a lumbering tramp, confronts the Countess, she refuses to admit that he was once her husband, and Chabert takes her to court to recover his money and property.

Poster photography by Benoit Barbier. Born in 1948 Barbier is a French photographer and filmmaker.

The poster is in very good folded condition.