Queen Margot (1954 film)

Queen Margot
Directed by	Jean Dréville
Produced by	Pierre Gurgo-Salice Adolphe Osso Claude Pessis
Screenplay by	Abel Gance
Based on	La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas
Starring	Jeanne Moreau Armando Francioli Françoise Rosay
Music by	Paul Misraki
Cinematography	Henri Alekan Roger Hubert
Edited by	Gabriel Rongier
Production company	Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France Films Vendôme Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	25 November 1954
Running time	93 minutes
Country	France Italy
Language	French

Queen Margot (French: La Reine Margot) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Jean Dréville, scripted by Abel Gance from the novel La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas. It stars Jeanne Moreau, Armando Francioli and Françoise Rosay. The film is also known under the alternative title A Woman of Evil.

It was made as a co-production between the French and Italian branches of Lux Film. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Colasson. It was shot in Eastmancolor.

Cast

• Jeanne Moreau as Margaret of Valois
• Armando Francioli as Joseph Boniface de La Môle
• Henri Génès as Hannibal de Coconas
• Robert Porte as Charles IX
• André Versini as Henri de Navarre
• Françoise Rosay as Catherine de' Medici
• Vittorio Sanipoli as Maurevel
• Fiorella Mari as Henriette de Nevers
• Patrizia Lari as Charlotte de Sauve
• Daniel Ceccaldi as Henri d'Anjou
• Louis de Funès (uncredited) as René Bianchi
• Jacques Eyser as Caboche
• Guy Kerner as duc Henri de Guise
• Louis Arbessier as Admiral Gaspard de Coligny
• Nicole Riche as Gilonne
• Jean Temerson as aubergiste de La Belle Étoile
• Robert Moor as procureur
• Olivier Mathot as Pierre

See also

• La Reine Margot (1994 film)

Bibliography

• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

• La Reine Margot on IMDb
• La Reine Margot at the Films de France