Marie Antoinette Queen of France
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Marie Antoinette Queen of France ( and also known as Shadow of the Guillotine) is a French language motion picture historical drama directed by Jean Delannoy
who co-wrote screenplay with Pierre Erlanger and Bernard Zimmer. The film stars Michèle Morgan
and Richard Todd
. It was nominated for the Golden Palm (Jean Delannoy) at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
.
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family is from Haute-Normandie in the north of France...
who co-wrote screenplay with Pierre Erlanger and Bernard Zimmer. The film stars Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan is a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades.- Career :Morgan was born Simone Renée Roussel in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, a western suburb of Paris....
and Richard Todd
Richard Todd
Richard Todd OBE was an Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier.-Early life:Richard Todd was born as Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for...
. It was nominated for the Golden Palm (Jean Delannoy) at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
1956 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Maurice Lehmann *Arletty *Louise de Vilmorin *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais *Henri Jeanson *Domenico Meccoli *Otto Preminger *James Quinn *Roger Regent *María Romero...
.
Principal cast
- Michèle Morgan as Marie-Antoinette
- Richard Todd as Le comte Axel de Fersen
- Jacques Morel as Louis XVI
- Aimé Clariond as Louis XV
- Jeanne Boitel as Mme Campan
- Guy Tréjan as La Fayette
- Marina BertiMarina BertiElena Maureen Bertolini, known as Marina Berti, was an English-born Italian film actress.Her first screen appearance was in the Anna Magnani film, La Fuggitiva in 1941. She appeared mainly in small roles and in the occasional leading role in nearly 100 films both Italian and American...
as La comtesse de Polignac - Jacques DufilhoJacques DufilhoJacques Dufilho was a French actor.He was born at Bègles and he died at Ponsampère .He was also famous for his collection of Bugatti cars.-Filmography:More than 150 movie, including:...
as Marat - Michel Piccoli as Le prêtre
- Daniel CeccaldiDaniel CeccaldiDaniel Ceccaldi was a French actor.He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father Lucien Darbon in François Truffaut's movies Stolen Kisses and Bed & Board.Note: Christine refers to him twice as "Lucien", not papa, indicating...
as Drouet - Madeleine Rousset as Mme de Tourzel
- Jacques BergeracJacques BergeracJacques Bergerac is a former French actor with a brief Hollywood film career.Originally a lawyer, Bergerac met and married Ginger Rogers with whom he appeared in Twist of Fate . He then went on to appear as Armand Duval in a television production of Camille for Kraft Television Theatre, opposite...
as Le comte de Provence
External links
- Marie-Antoinette reine de France at Alice Cinema