Lagardère(1967)

Lagardère is a French miniseries that adapts Paul Féval's classic novel Le Bossu across six 50-minute episodes. Created by Marcel Jullian and directed by Jean-Pierre Decourt, the story follows the swashbuckling adventures and revenge plot central to Féval's tale, drawing also on material from the author's sequels. Broadcast on ORTF in 1967, this production represents one of several film and television interpretations of the beloved source material, capturing the period's approach to literary adaptation with a focus on action and intrigue. The series unfolds the complex schemes and duels that define this enduring French adventure narrative, bringing nineteenth-century romance and derring-do to the small screen.