L'aigle à deux têtes (1948)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Edwige Feuillère	...	Natasha, la Reine
	Silvia Monfort	...	Édith de Berg (as Sylvia Monfort)
	Jean Marais	...	Stanislas
	Jean Debucourt	...	Felix de Willenstein
	Jacques Varennes	...	Comte de Foehn
	Ahmed Abdallah	...	Toni
	Gilles Quéant	...	Rudy
	Maurice Nasil	...	Gentz
	Edward Stirling	...	Adams
	Yvonne de Bray	...	La présidente

Storyline

Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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