La reine Margot (1954)

Two riders ride to Paris carrying a message for their respective lords. One is a faithful servant of Henry of Navarre, the other of the Duke of Guise.

Director:

Jean Dréville

Writers:

Paul Andréota, Jacques Companéez

Stars:

Jeanne Moreau, Armando Francioli, Robert Porte

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeanne Moreau	...	Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot" / Queen Margot
Armando Francioli	...	Joseph Peyrac La Môle / Duke of Mole
Robert Porte	...	Charles IX
Henri Génès	...	Annibal de Coconas (as Henri Genès)
Françoise Rosay	...	Catherine de Médicis / Catharine of Medici
André Versini	...	Henri de Navarre / Henry of Navarra
Fiorella Mari	...	Henriette
Daniel Ceccaldi	...	Henri d'Anjou
Patrizia Lari	...	Carlotta
Nicole Riche	...	Gilonne
Louis Arbessier	...	L'amiral de Coligny
Guy Kerner	...	Le duc de Guise
Jean-Roger Caussimon	...	Le gouverneur de la prison / Prison Governor
Jean Témerson	...	L'aubergiste de 'La belle étoile' (as Jean Temmerson)
Olivier Mathot	...	Pierre

Storyline

Two riders ride to Paris carrying a message for their respective lords. One is a faithful servant of Henry of Navarre, the other of the Duke of Guise.

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Plot Keywords:

16th century | based on novel | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

25 November 1954 (France)

Also Known As:

Bartholomäusnacht

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France,Films Vendôme,Lux Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Koroleva Margo (1996)

User Reviews

Dréville's adaptation of Alexandre Dumas père novel

Imprimis: J.G. Correa's critique contained an error--"Nota Bene that the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was NOT re-enacted in this Abel The Abel Gance/Jean Dréville version." My memory of the film disputes that error in the critique It most indubitably WAS "re-enacted".

I saw the film in 1954 in a village named Yatchi near Sendai in Honshu, Japan when I was a mere stripling of ten years. I fled the movie house when the massacre of St. Bartholomew was enacted, traumatized by the sight of Huguenot women being stripped of their shifts and then put to the sword by the Catholic subjects of Charles IX. As a young American film-goer I had never seen female nudity on the screen. Earlier in the film, Jeanne Moreau as Queen Margot wears a see-through chemise where one's voyeuristic sense was aroused by the sight of her nipples et al. In comparison, American historical films were sanitized and the McCarthyite atmosphere of the time would have not allowed such a film to be shown on American soil. Nevertheless in post-war Japan it was screened along with other French films noires featuring the great Jean Gabin in a primitive movie house with wooden benches to sit upon. An excellent film which I truncated by not waiting to see it to the end.