Lagardère will always come to you.
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This page regroups works based off the French swashbuckler novel Le Bossu (The Hunchback).
Original work:
- Le Bossu (1857), novel by French author Paul Féval.
Adaptations & derivative works:
Comic Book
- Le Bossu (1997), by François Corteggiani and Norma. Comic-Book Adaptation of On Guard.
Film
- Le Bossu (1913), silent French serial starring Henry Krauss.
- Le Bossu (1925), silent French film starring Gaston Jacquet.
- Le Bossu (1934), French film starring Robert Vidalin.
- El Jorobado (1944), Mexican film starring Jorge Negrete.
- Le Bossu (1944), French film starring Pierre Blanchar.
- El juramento de Lagardere (1955), Argentine film starring Carlos Cores.
- Le Bossu (1959), French film starring Jean Marais.
- On Guard (1997), French film starring Daniel Auteuil.
Literature
- Novels tied to the original one, by Paul Féval, fils (his son).
- Les Jumeaux de Nevers (1895), a sequel.
- Les Chevauchées de Lagardère (1909)
- Cocardasse & Passepoil (1923)
- Mademoiselle de Lagardère (1929)
- La petite fille du Bossu (1931), a Spin-Offspring story about Lagardère's granddaughter.
- La Jeunesse du Bossu (1934), an Origins Episode for Lagardère.
- Le Bossu (1997), novelization of On Guard by Philippe Morgaut.
Television
- Lagardère (1967), miniseries starring Jean Piat.
- Lagardère (2003), miniseries starring Bruno Wolkowitch.
Theatre
- Le Bossu (1862), stage adaptation by Paul Féval himself.
- Le Bossu (1888), opéra comique with a libretto by Henry Bocage and Armand Liorat and music by Charles Grisart.
- The Son of Lagardère (1908), stage play by Paul Féval, fils.
- Le Bossu (2008), stage play by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
- Le Bossu (2014), stage play by Pierre Naftule.
- Le Bossu (2015), stage play by Valérie de La Rochefoucauld.
Tropes in adaptations:
- Adapted Out: Flor/Doña Cruz, the childhood Best Friend of Aurore, is omitted from most adaptations (except the 1959 film where she makes a short appearance when Lagardère and Aurore are in Toledo).
- Adaptation Name Change:
- The name of the secret wife then widow of Philippe de Nevers, Aurore de Caylus, is changed in most adaptations, presumably in order not to induce confusion since their daughter is also named Aurore. She's been called the likes of Isabelle (1959), Blanche (1967 and 1997) and Inès (2003), among others.
- In the 1944 film, the daughter, Aurore, is renamed Claire, while her mother keeps Aurore as name.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the original story and most big screen adaptations, Wife Husbandry happens between Lagardère and Aurore (the girl he protected and raised) at the end. In the 2003 miniseries, this is changed with Lagardère marrying the widow Inès de Nevers (Aurore's mother) instead.
- Age Lift: In the novel, by 1699, Lagardère, Philippe de Nevers and Philippe d'Orléans are all between 20 and 25 of age while Philippe de Gonzague is 30 and Aurore de Caylus is barely over 16. All versions have older actors playing them even at the beginning of the story. The most egregious case is likely On Guard with Philippe Noiret as the Regent Philippe d'Orléans, who was 25 at the time — Noiret was 67.
