Angélique, Marquise des Anges
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Directed by | Bernard Borderie |
Written by | Bernard Borderie Francis Cosne Daniel Boulanger |
Based on | Angélique, the Marquise of the Angels by Anne Golon and Serge Golon |
Produced by | Francis Cosne Raymond Borderie |
Starring | Michèle Mercier Robert Hossein Jean Rochefort Claude Giraud |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | Christian Gaudin |
Music by | Michel Magne |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | S.N. Prodi Gloria Film Butcher's Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Countries | France Italy West Germany |
Language | French |
Box office | 60 million tickets |
Angélique, Marquise des Anges is a 1964 historical romance film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein and Jean Rochefort. It is based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Anne and Serge Golon.[1] It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany
It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location at the Château de Tanlay and Fontenay Abbey. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
The film was a major hit across Continental Europe, and in 1967 was distributed in Britain. It was followed by four sequels starting with Marvelous Angelique.[2]
Synopsis[]
In mid-17th century France, young Louis XIV is struggling for his throne, beggars and thieves haunt Paris and brigands roam the countryside. Fifth child of an impoverished country nobleman, Angélique de Sancé de Monteloup grows up in the Poitou marshlands. Her logical destiny would be to marry a poor country nobleman, have children and spend her life fighting for a meagre subsistence. Destiny has other plans in store for her. At 17, on returning from her education in a convent, she finds herself betrothed to the rich count Jeoffrey de Peyrac (Jeoffrey Comte de Peyrac de Morens, Lord of Toulouse), 12 years her senior, lame, scarred and reputed to be a wizard. For the sake of her family, Angélique reluctantly agrees to the match but refuses the advances of her husband. Peyrac respects her decision and does not pursue his claim to conjugal rights, wishing rather to seduce than use force.
With the passing of months, Angélique discovers the talents and virtues of her remarkable husband: scientist, musician, philosopher; and to her surprise falls passionately in love with him. But Jeoffrey's unusual way of life is threatened by the ambitions of the Archbishop of Toulouse, and soon arouses the jealousy of the young king himself, Louis XIV. Joffrey is arrested and charged with sorcery. Angélique will single-handedly take on the might of the royal court and, survive murder and poison attempts on herself in a supreme effort to save Joffrey from the stake, to no avail. Instinctively, her whole being intent on revenge and her determination to survive, Angélique, alone and desperate, plunges into the darkness of the Paris underworld.
Cast[]
- Michèle Mercier as Angélique Sancé de Monteloup
- Robert Hossein as Jeoffrey de Peyrac
- Jean Rochefort as François Desgrez, solicitor
- Claude Giraud as Philippe de Plessis-Bellières
- Giuliano Gemma as Nicolas Merlot, the childhood friend of Angélique aka Calembredaine
- Jacques Toja as King Louis XIV
- Jacques Castelot as Archbishop of Toulouse
- Charles Regnier as Conan Bécher
- as Bernard d'Andijos
- as Monsieur brother of the king
- Madeleine Lebeau as la Grande Demoiselle
- Philippe Lemaire as De Vardes
- François Maistre as Prince de Condé
- Geneviève Fontanel as Carmencita, a former mistress of Jeoffrey
- Jean Topart as Mr Bourié, the prosecutor
- Etchika Choureau as Hortense de Sancé, a sister of Angélique
- as Frère Raymond de Monteloup, a brother of Angélique
- Yves Barsacq as Le procureur Fallot
- Bernard Lajarrige as Baron Sancé de Monteloup, Angélique's father
- as Marquis de Plessis-Bellières
- Alexandre Rignault as Guillaume Lützen
- Renate Ewert as Margot
- as Chevalier de Germontaz
- Robert Hoffmann as Chevalier de Lorraine
- Roberto as Barcarole
- Denise Provenceas Barbe
- Jacques Hilling as Mr Molines, notary
- André Rouyer as Clément Tonnelle
- as Kouassiba, loyal servant of Jeoffrey
- as President of the tribunal
- Rosalba Neri as La Polak
- Henri Cogan as Cul-de-Bois
- Serge Marquand as Jactance
- Monique Mélinand as Marquise de Plessis-Bellières
- : as friend of Carmencita
- as The Swiss fugitive
- as Beau Garçon
- as Angélique's governess
- as Sorbonne, Desgrez's dog.
- as Queen Marie-Thérèse of Spain
- as Fritz Auer, alchemist
- as Rosine
- as Flipot
- Guido Alberti as Le grand Mathieu
- Jean-Pierre Castaldi as A courtier
- Voice dubbing
- Jacques Thébault as French voice of Giuliano Gemma
- Rosy Varte as French voice of Rosalba Neri
- as French voice of Renate Ewert
Box office[]
In France, the film sold 2,958,684 tickets, making it one of the top ten highest-grossing films of 1964 in the country.[3] It was also the second top-grossing film of the year in West Germany with 5.5 million ticket sales, and the year's fifth top-grossing film in Italy with 5.442 million ticket sales.[4] In Spain, the film sold 211,941 tickets upon release in 1964.[5]
In the Soviet Union, the film sold 44.1 million tickets upon release in 1969.[5] It was the year's second highest-grossing foreign film in the Soviet Union (after the Indian Bollywood film Mamta), and the 31st highest-grossing foreign film ever in the country.[6] In Poland, it did very well, selling millions of tickets, making it one of thirteen high-grossing foreign films in the country in 1968.[7] This adds up to a total of more than 60,212,625 tickets sold worldwide.
Angélique films[]
- 1964 : Angélique, Marquise des Anges, director Bernard Borderie, starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort
- 1965 : Marvelous Angelique, director Bernard Borderie, starring Michèle Mercier, Claude Giraud, Jean Rochefort
- 1966 : Angelique and the King, director Bernard Borderie, starring Michèle Mercier, Jean Rochefort
- 1967 : Untamable Angelique, director Bernard Borderie, starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein
- 1968 : Angelique and the Sultan, director Bernard Borderie, starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein
References[]
- ^ "Angélique". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ^ Bergfelder p.261
- ^ "Angélique, Marquise des Anges (1964) — France". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Angélique, Marquise des Anges (1964) — Europe". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Анжелика, маркиза ангелов (1964) — дата выхода в России и других странах" [Angélique, Marquise des Anges (1964) — Release Dates in Russia and Other Countries]. KinoPoisk (in Russian). Yandex. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Kudryavtsev, Sergey (4 July 2006). "Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате". LiveJournal (in Russian).
- ^ Ford, Charles; Hammond, Robert (2015). Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History. McFarland & Company. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4766-0803-7.
Bibliography[]
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links[]
- 1964 films
- French-language films
- French films
- 1960s historical romance films
- French historical romance films
- German historical romance films
- Italian historical romance films
- West German films
- Italian films
- Films set in the 1670s
- Films based on French novels
- Films based on historical novels
- Films based on romance novels
- Films directed by Bernard Borderie
- Films produced by Raymond Borderie
- Films shot at Billancourt Studios
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- Gloria Film films