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6.7/10   83 votes
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Writers:
Sacha Guitry (story)
Sacha Guitry (writer)
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Release Date:
11 April 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | History more
Plot:
Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Delightful more

Cast

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Jacqueline Delubac ... Françoise Martin / Mary Queen of Scots / Josephine
Sacha Guitry ... Jean Martin / François I / Barras / Napoleon III
Lyn Harding ... Equerry (English narrator) / Henry VIII
Renée Saint-Cyr ... Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne
Enrico Glori ... Chamberlain (Italian narrator)
Ermete Zacconi ... Pope Clement VII
Barbara Shaw ... Anne Boleyn
Marguerite Moreno ... Catherine de Medicis (1860) / Empress Eugenie (1914)
Arletty ... Queen of Abyssinia
Marcel Dalio ... Abyssinian Minister (as Dalio)
Claude Dauphin ... Italian in Abyssinia
Robert Seller ... Englishman in Abyssinia
Ponzio ... Singing worker
Andrews Engelmann ... The Robber (as Engelman)
Yvette Pienne ... Queen Mary Tudor / Queen Elizabeth I / Queen Victoria
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pearls of the Crown (International: English title)
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Runtime:
118 min | USA:105 min
Country:
France
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16
Company:
Cinéas more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Delightful, 10 February 2003
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Author: molefsky from Reston, VA

This unusual tri-lingual (French, English, Italien) film traces the history of seven pearls acquired at the behest of Pope Clement who gave them to Catherine d'Medici. The pearls are passed down to Mary, Queen of Scots. At the time of Mary's execution the pearls are stolen and separated. Four of them become part of the crown of England. The characters then try to discover what happened to the other three pearls.

It is a delightful film with clever, amusing dialogue. At one point a character is instructed to only speak using adverbs. She does so in answering a string of questions. It is a marvelous scene. Anyone who gets a chance to see this film should do so.

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