Movie
Angelique and the King
Overview
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
Details
- Release date
- 1966-01-31
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Adventure, History, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films Borderie, Fono Roma, Francos Films
- Country
- France, Italy, Germany
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Michèle Mercier as Angélique de Plessis-Bellière
- Robert Hossein as Jeoffrey de Peyrac
- Jean Rochefort as François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
- Jacques Toja as Louis XIV
- Sami Frey as Zoukim Batchiary Bey
- Estella Blain as Madame de Montespan
- Fred Williams as Vladimir Stanislas Racoczi
- Pasquale Martino as Savary
- Jean Parédès as Saint-Amon
- Claude Giraud as Philippe de Plessis-Bellières
- René Lefèvre as Colbert
- Philippe Lemaire as De Vardes
Crew
- Bernard Borderie - Director
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