`Chabert' More Than A Historical Footnote

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19950609
Author:Bill Stamets

COLONEL CHABERT (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Chabert Gerard Depardieu Countess Ferraud Fanny Ardant Derville Fabrice Luchini Count Ferraud Andre Dussollier Directed by Yves Angelo. Screenplay and adaptation by Jean Cosmos and Angelo. Based on the novel by Honore de Balzac. Running time: 110 minutes. No MPAA Rating (no objectionable content). Opening today at the Music Box. Contrary to his death certificate, Colonel Chabert claims he did not die on the battlefield on Feb. 8, 1807. After a shaky decade of recovery from his head injuries, this hero of Honore de Balzac's 1832 short novel ...

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