What if the Lost Dauphin lived? This wild 10-minute conspiracy theory is unhinged historical fanfiction.
This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was raised by Indians in America.
Direction
Tourneur's early flair for mood in miniature.
Production
Glorious MGM gloss on absolute nonsense.
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jacques Tourneur would later direct Out of the Past and Cat People—this was his apprenticeship in shadows.
The Eleazar Williams theory was genuinely debated in 19th-century America, and this short treats it like plausible history.
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