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Vatel

2000 Biographical film Romance film Drama film

Vatel is a 2000 film directed by Roland Joffé. It stars Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth and others.

Crew & production

Director
Roland Joffé
Screenwriters
Jeanne Labrune, Tom Stoppard
Producer
Alain Goldman
Director of photography
Robert Fraisse
Composer
Ennio Morricone
Editor
Noëlle Boisson
Production company
Gaumont
Original language
English
Filming locations
Champlâtreux, Château de Maisons, Château de Voisins, Hôtel de Toulouse, Palace of Fontainebleau, Parc de Saint-Cloud, Vaux-le-Vicomte

Top cast

27 people
Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

François Vatel
Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

Anne de Montausier

Tim Roth

Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Marquis of Lauzun

Timothy Spall

Jean Herauld Gourville, Gourville

Julian Glover

Louis, Grand Condé

Julian Sands

Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV

Richard Griffiths

Pierre Bourdelot, Dr. Bourdelot
Arielle Dombasle

Arielle Dombasle

Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé, Princess of Condé

Marine Delterme

Madame de Montespan

James Thiérrée

Charles-Paris of Orléans

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon, Duchess of Longueville

Féodor Atkine

Alcalet

More cast

  • Jérôme Pradon Marquis of Effiat
  • Natacha Koutchoumov Louise
  • Nathalie Cerda Maria Theresa of Spain
  • Hywel Bennett Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Colbert
  • Julie-Anne Roth la servante
  • Lionel Vitrant Large Cook
  • Dominique Frot la femme hystérique
  • Vincent Grass Martin's Father
  • Alain Stern Equerry
  • André Chaumeau Monkey Handler
  • Vincent Nemeth Emissary
  • Rémy Roubakha Cook
  • Jay Benedict King's Commode Valet
  • Murray Lachlan Young Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Monsieur
  • Emilie Ohana Louise de La Vallière

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q1516553), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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