TV series

Joseph Balsamo

1973 · 1 season

A slow-burning, talky costume drama of courtly scheming and hypnotic manipulation, more cerebral than thrilling.

Overview: Balsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the days before the Revolution.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Power, ambition, deception, conspiracy
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
ambition
deception
conspiracy
class
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: André Hunebelle
Written by: Pierre Nivollet
Starring: Jean Marais, Udo Kier, Bernard Alane, Henri Guisol, Doris Kunstmann, Olimpia Carlisi, Guy Tréjan, Louise Marleau
Length: 1 seasons, 7 episodes, 52 min each
Network: ORTF Télévision
Country: Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada
Languages: French