The Vagabond King

Name: The Vagabond King
Released: 1930-02-17

1930· 1h 44m· Music· Romance

“Paramount Pictures presents the 100% Technicolor All-Talking, All-Singing Musical Romance!”

The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.

1930-02-17

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Key Crew

DirectorLudwig Berger

ScreenplayHerman J. Mankiewicz

ProducerAdolph Zukor

Director of PhotographyHenry W. Gerrard

Full cast & crew (25 cast · 13 crew)

Details

Released1930-02-17

Runtime1h 44m

StatusReleased

StudiosParamount Pictures

Budget$1M

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating5.9/10 · 9 votes

Original languageen

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