Henri 4
A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically-entertaining adventure, albeit one with much bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late-16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots are at war. Seemingly seeking peace, French dowager Queen Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to marry him to her daughter, which would unite the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and Henry--now married--must use all his guile to stay alive and maneuver for the throne.
May 27, 1963 in Hof, Bavaria, Germany
29 August 1963, Vienna, Austria
August 20, 1942 in Hamburg, Germany
1985, Berlin, Germany
1955 in Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
23 November 1963, Heggen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
April 29, 1961 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
1 October 1973, Bergen auf Rügen, East Germany [now Germany]
22 February 1979, Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
19 January 1984, Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
