Champagne Charlie (1989)
3h 10m
Running Time
April 12, 1989Release Date
Champagne Charlie (1989)
3h 10m
Running Time
April 12, 1989Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America just prior to the American Civil War. He is a reluctant French spy and is captured and spends time in a Union prison. There are two parallel love stories (he is French) and some battles with his uncle for control of the family vineyard (because his father married his mother who the uncle also loved).
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hugh Grant
Charles Heidsieck
Megan Gallagher
Pauline
Megan Follows
Louise Heidsick
Stéphane Audran
Thérèse
Georges Descrières
Pierre-Henri
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Ernest
Alexandra Stewart
Cécile
Charles W. Gray
Moses
Jean-Paul Muel
Clément
Vladek Sheybal
Count Plasky
Béatrice Agenin
Mme de Ghuilain
R. H. Thomson
Robert Morgan
Allan Eastman
Director
Pier Paolo Capponi
M. de Ghuilain
Robert Geoffrion
Writer
Jacqueline Lefèvre
Writer
Details.
Release DateApril 12, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 10m
Budget$7,000,000
Filming LocationsMontreal, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
Champagne Charlie is a 1989 French-Canadian dramatic television miniseries, directed by Allan Eastman and starring Hugh Grant, Megan Gallagher, Megan Follows and Béatrice Agenin. It is based on the novel by Jacqueline Lefèvre and depicts the life of the nineteenth century wine merchant Charles Heidsieck.It had a budget of $7 million. Hugh Grant said "I play the archetypal hero. I hit people in the face, I rescue pretty girls. They fall in love with me. I'm a man, I'm charming. All the things I wanted to be. It's a very nice role, really."