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Director:
Josée Dayan
Writers:
Maurice Druon (novel) and
Anne-Marie Catois (writer)
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Release Date:
28 September 2005 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Drama | History more
Plot:
Based on the novel of the same name by Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits (The Cursed Kings) is the second... more
User Comments:
Why did they remake the 1972 series? more (6 total)

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Also Known As:
A Cursed Monarchy (International: English title)
La maledizione dei templari (Italy)
The Accursed Kings (Australia)
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Runtime:
500 min (5 parts)
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French | Italian
Color:
Color
Certification:
Netherlands:12 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes)
Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania more

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Why did they remake the 1972 series?, 16 July 2006
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Author: Benoît A. Racine (benoit-3) from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Basically, because they could. The original series was and probably still is the best and most literate TV series ever made on this planet. The producers of this remake kept, for the most part, the very same dialogs, which is a very good thing, but have also shortened and simplified them (a.k.a. dumbing down), which robs the characters of their individuality and make them into soap opera nimrods. They also "glamourized" many parts and replaced the very stylized, evocative and economical sets of the first series - which gave precedence to the acting, the character development, the story and the costumes - with impressive 3-D sets and some amazing CGI work and special effects. What they couldn't replace was Jean Piat's and Hélène Duc's talent and presence. The new cast is stellar but today's actors just pale by comparison with what came before... Whereas Hélène Duc was malevolence incarnate, Jeanne Moreau just aged badly and is scary to look at... They also couldn't replace Georges Delerue's genius in the music department and they used every opportunity given them to show every execution, rape, hanging, torture scene, burning at the stake, etc. in lurid and sadistic detail, something they learned from the so-called euro historical dramas of the last decade, which I call the history-as-a-series-of-body-fluids school and which owes more to Quentin Tarantino than Maurice Druon. What was only suggested is now shown without any shame or embarrassment. I'm not sure this is progress. But you'll certainly get a great many people riveted to their TV screens and maybe get a few of them to actually buy and read the book when they are sufficiently recovered from the shock...

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