The Horseman on the Roof

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The Horseman on the Roof

1995

2h 15m

6.5(145 votes)

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Overview

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

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93 members

Acting

Juliette Binoche

Pauline de Théus

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Olivier Martinez

Colonel Angelo Pardi

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Pierre Arditi

Monsieur Peyrolle

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François Cluzet

Doctor

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Jean Yanne

Hawker

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Isabelle Carré

Governess

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Claudio Amendola

Maggionari

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Gérard Depardieu

Police commissioner of Manosque

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Christiane Cohendy

Madame Peyrolle

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Tony Lemiere

Adrien Peyrolle

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Carlo Cecchi

Giuseppe

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Laura Marinoni

Carla

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Paul Freeman

Laurent de Théus

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Yolande Moreau

Madame Rigoard

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Daniel Russo

Maître Rigoard

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Richard Sammel

Franz

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Georges Neri

Old harvester

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Hervé Pierre

Brigadier Maugin

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Marie Albe

Unknown Role

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Antonin Lebas-Joly

Edmond as a child

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Jacques Sereys

Old man

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Elisabeth Margoni

Farmer's Wife

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Nathalie Krebs

Madame Barthelemy

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Christophe Odent

Monsieur Barthelemy

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Jean-Marie Winling

Alexandre Petit

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Michel Bellier

Fugitive

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Stéphane Boucher

Unknown Role

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Yvonne Gamy

Grandmother

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Joëlle Sevilla

Religious Woman

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Michèle Addala

Unknown Role

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Alice Aniel

Unknown Role

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Alain Aparis

Unknown Role

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Alain Bauguil

Peasant in the trap

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Gérard Bayle

Owner of the forge

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Béatrice Bertrand

Unknown Role

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Françoise Blanc

Lucienne

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Denise Boulet

Unknown Role

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Didier Bourguignon

Cholera sufferer

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Brigitte Canaan

Denise

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Jocelyne Carmichael

Harpy

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Dany Castaing

Fugitive

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Viviane Cayol

Sick lady

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Bruno Cécillon

Bourgeois

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Paul Chevillard

Giacomo

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Michel Cordes

Sergeant

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Isabelle Dangerfield

Unknown Role

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Norbert Daverio

Unknown Role

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Christian David

Unknown Role

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Eric Debrosse

Soldier

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Gérard Dubouche

Blacksmith

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Jean-Claude Dumas

Harvester

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René-André Fernández

Militiaman

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Jean-Michel Fête

Unknown Role

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Christian Garde

Unknown Role

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Philippe Gleyze

Unknown Role

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Crew

Philippe Guégan

Austrian agent

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Azur Guillier

Camille, little girl

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Florence Hautier

Unknown Role

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Michel Hulot

Unknown Role

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Jean-Paul Journot

Harvester

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Gérard Lacombe

Inn owner

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Christophe Le Masne

Martial, valet

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Suzy Lorraine

Unknown Role

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Robert Lucibello

Man in the apron

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Claire Massabo

Madame Terrasson

Crew

Patrick Médioni

Austrian agent

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Claude Mismaque

Unknown Role

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Carlos Moreno

Harvester

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Alexis Nitzer

Hysterical man

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Dominique Noé

Unknown Role

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Jean-François Pagès

Austrian agent

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Henriette Palazzi

Fugitive

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Christine Paolini

Unknown Role

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Jacques Pater

Militiaman

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Serge Pauthe

Police station employee

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Christophe Pierrot

Unknown Role

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Anne-Marie Ponsot

Unknown Role

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Yves Pujol

Unknown Role

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Jacob Reymond

Dr. Arnoux

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Julien Rivière

Unknown Role

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Lionel Robert

Excited man

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Pascal Rozand

Young man on the farm

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Frédérique Ruchaud

Madame Marquerite

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Norbert Sammut

Fugitive

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Désiré Saorin

Blacksmith

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Jean-Pierre de Tugny

Unknown Role

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Celita Villar

Lady at the window

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Roselyne Vuillaume

Unknown Role

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Fany Watier

Fugitive

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Alain Zaepffel

Unknown Role

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Jacques Weber

Epilogue narrator

Crew

Michel Carliez

Man With the Sabre (uncredited)

Acting

Laurence Cormerais

(uncredited)

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