Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge(1963)

Le Chevalier de Maison Rouge is a historic mini-series set in the aftermath of Louis XVI's execution during the French Revolution. The Chevalier leads a band of royalist conspirators in a dangerous plot to rescue Queen Marie-Antoinette and the imprisoned young King Louis XVII from their captors. Their efforts clash violently with Simon, a ruthless jailer determined to prevent any escape. Alongside this high-stakes intrigue, a secondary romance unfolds between Lindet, a lieutenant in the national guard, and Geneviève, a young woman protected by the royalist Morand—a connection that itself becomes treasonous in the eyes of the revolutionary sans-culottes. The series captures the tension and moral complexity of a nation torn between loyalty to the crown and revolutionary fervor.