Queen Margot / A Woman of Evil
Synopsis
Though the screenplay for La Reine Margot (The Queen Margot) was written by legendary filmmaker Abel Gance, the directorial reins were handled by Jean Dreville. Adapted from a novel by Alexandre Dumas, the film centers around Margot (Jeanne Moreau), the headstrong sister of France's King Charles IX (Robert Porte). Consigned to a politically expedient marriage to Huguenot prince Henry de Navarre (Andre Versini), Margot nonetheless carries on a romance with the handsome Count De la Mole (Armando Francioli). This romantic intrigue is played out against Charles' slaughter of the Huguenots, and the contrast is rather jarring. Francoise Rosay steals the show as Margot's mother, Queen Catherine.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (30)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Les Films Vendôme
- French distribution : Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Full credits (15)
- Author of original work : Alexandre Dumas
- Producer : Adolphe Osso
- Associate Producer : Pierre Gurgo-Salice
- Sound Recordist : Émile Lagarde
- Screenwriter : Abel Gance
- Voice : Jacques Toja
- Directors of Photography : Roger Hubert, Henri Alekan
- Assistant Operators : Gustave Raulet, Jean-Marie Maillols
- Editor : Gabriel Rongier
- Continuity supervisor : Lucile Costa
- Production Designer : Maurice Colasson
- Music Composer : Paul Misraki
- Production Designer : Maurice Colasson
- Costume designers : Rosine Delamare, Georgette Fillon
- Narrator : Marc Valbel
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Adventure
- Themes : History
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1954
- French release : 25/11/1954
- Runtime : 1 h 46 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 15278
- Visa issue date : 24/11/1954
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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