The Bastard

Year: 1978

Runtime: 240 mins

Language: English

Director: Lee H. Katzin

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Phillipe Charboneau, the bastard son of an English duke, leaves France for England to claim his birthright. His claim enrages his father's relatives, forcing him to escape across the Atlantic. In the American colonies he becomes entangled in the rising tensions that spark the Revolution. (Episodes 1‑2 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)

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