In the sixteenth century, a noblewoman has a love affair with the French King.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Lana Turner | ... | Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze | |
| Pedro Armendáriz | ... | King Francis I | |
| Roger Moore | ... | Prince Henri | |
| Marisa Pavan | ... | Catherine de Medici | |
| Cedric Hardwicke | ... | Ruggieri | |
| Torin Thatcher | ... | Louis - Count de Breze | |
| Taina Elg | ... | Alys | |
| John Lupton | ... | Regnault | |
| Henry Daniell | ... | Gondi | |
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Ronald Green | ... | The Dauphin |
| Sean McClory | ... | Count Michel Montgomery | |
| Geoffrey Toone | ... | Duke of Savoy | |
| Michael Ansara | ... | Count Ridolfi | |
| Paul Cavanagh | ... | Lord Bonnivet | |
| Melville Cooper | ... | 1st Court Physician | |
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Diane de Poitiers is in a childless marriage with count de Breze. When he is charged with treason, Diane visits king Francis I to successfully plead for her husband's life, something that start a rumor that she has offered her own services in return. Her husband reject her, leading Francis to ask her to come to the royal court to teach prince Henry how to be a gentleman. The prince and Diane fall in love and she becomes the prince's mistress, something that makes his wife Catherine de Medici her enemy. When the prince becomes the king of France, Diane is wielding considerable influence over him. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 January 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Diane - Kurtisane von Frankreich See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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Budget:
$2,660,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$461,000, 31 December 1956Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,232,000, 31 December 1956Company Credits
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1
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Early in the film, count Louis de Breze claims that he and Diane de Poitier had no children. Their marriage was not childless, they had two daughters, born 1515 and 1518. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Lana Turner was elegant and beautiful as the French courtesan, wearing through most of the motion picture dramatic black costumes... She came to the court of King Francis I to plead for the life of her husband, Count Louis de Brézé who was falsely accused of plotting against the King...
Count de Brézé (Torin Thatcher) suspected his release by an act of infidelity...
Francis I (Pedro Armendariz) was the King who in his person and actions combined the romantic ideal of the medieval knight-king and the refined humanism and art of the Renaissance... When he required Diane's presence, the Count felt his suspicious confirmed... Obviously he was wrong!
However, the real reason Diane has been called is to teach the King's, Prince Henri (Roger Moore), the graces of court life in preparation for his marriage to Catherine de Médici (Marisa Pavan). Impressed by her beauty, charm and political sageness, as well as her ability to cope with his son, the King keeps her at court...
Prince Henri fell violently in love with her...
When the King is killed in battle, Diane became mistress of Henry, now King of France... Throughout his reign, Diane held court as Queen of France in all but name... The real Queen was forced to live in comparative obscurity... Catherine soon comes to hate the woman who is her husband's real love...
But Henri's reign was short, due to Gondi (Henri Daniell) treachery...
Directed by David Miller, the film carried faithfully the 16th Century environment with an impressive stag hunt, an exciting encounter with a wild boar and a thrilling climactic jousting tournament...
Sir Cedric Hardwicke played Ruggiere, the master of astrology, master of the art of predicting... He gave the Queen of France much to think over when she visited him, and in that tournament he murmured: 'What must be... Will be!'
If you like to see history in movies, plus intrigue, politics, secret plotting, suspicion, disloyalty... and you love colorful spectacle, and you want to see Lana Turner's good-acting with Marisa Pavan - in her possibly the best role of her film career as Henri's menacing yet pitiable wife - well, don't miss this entertaining motion picture!