The Queen's Necklace (1946 film)
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Directed by | Marcel L'Herbier |
Written by | Frantz Funck-Brentano Charles Spaak |
Starring | Viviane Romance Maurice Escande Jacques Dacqmine |
Cinematography | Roger Hubert |
Edited by | |
Music by | Maurice Thiriet |
Production company | Île de France Film |
Distributed by | Consortium du Film |
Release date | 11 September 1946 |
Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Queen's Necklace (French: L'affaire du collier de la reine) is a 1946 French historical drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Viviane Romance, Maurice Escande and Jacques Dacqmine.[1] The film portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which damaged the reputation of the French queen Marie Antionette during the 1780s.
It was shot at the and on location at the Palace of Versailles. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.
Cast[]
- Viviane Romance as Jeanne de la Motte
- Maurice Escande as Cardinal de Rohan
- Jacques Dacqmine as Rétaux de Villette
- as Comte de la Motte
- Jean Hébey as King Louis XVI
- as Marie Antoinette
- Pierre Dux as Cagliostro
- Jean-Louis Allibert as Camille Desmoulins
- Pierre Bertin as Abbé Loth
- Palau as Boehmer
- Pierre Magnier as Procureur Joly de Fleury
- Paul Amiot as Maître Doillot, l'avocat de Jeanne
- Marcel Delaître as Maître Target, l'avocat de Rohan
- as Duchess of Polignac
- as Princesse de Lamballe
- Robert Dartois as Monsieur de Soubise
- as Bijoutier Bassange
- as Deschamps
- as Premier président d'Aligre
- Marcel Vibert as Avocat général Séguier
- as Pierre André de Suffren
- as Duc de Villeroi
- as Nicole, la fille Oliva
- Luc Andrieux as Un geôlier
- Jacques François as Comte d'Artois
- Lucas Gridoux as Un membre du Parlement
- Pierre Labry as Hubert
- Philippe Lemaire
- Jean-Pierre Mocky as Un page de la reine
- as M. de Breteuil
- as Maître Breton
- Georges Paulais as Un huissier
- Roger Vincent as Un abbé de cour
- Yvonne Yma as La femme Hubert
References[]
- ^ Klossner p.12
Bibliography[]
- Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland, 2002.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1946 films
- 1940s historical films
- French historical films
- French films
- 1940s French-language films
- Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier
- Films set in the 1780s
- French black-and-white films
- Works about the Affair of the Diamond Necklace
- Cultural depictions of Louis XVI
- Films about Marie Antoinette
- Films about Alessandro Cagliostro
- Films about jewellery
- 1940s French film stubs
- Historical film stubs