La reine Margot (1954)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Jean Dréville

Escritores:

Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
Abel Gance (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 noviembre 1954 (France)

Género:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Colorful story of the 16th century Valois & Wars of Religion

Reparto

Jeanne Moreau	...	Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot" / Queen Margot
Armando Francioli	...	Joseph Peyrac La Môle / Duke of Mole
Robert Porte	...	Charles IX
Henri Génès	...	Annibal de Coconas (as Henri Genès)
Françoise Rosay	...	Catherine de Médicis / Catharine of Medici
André Versini	...	Henri de Navarre / Henry of Navarra
Fiorella Mari	...	Henriette
Daniel Ceccaldi	...	Henri d'Anjou
Patrizia Lari	...	Carlotta
Nicole Riche	...	Gilonne
Louis Arbessier	...	L'amiral de Coligny
Guy Kerner	...	Le duc de Guise
Jean-Roger Caussimon	...	Le gouverneur de la prison / Prison Governor
Jean Témerson	...	L'aubergiste de 'La belle étoile' (as Jean Temmerson)
Olivier Mathot	...	Pierre

También conocida como:

A Woman of Evil (UK)
La regina Margot (Italy)
Queen Margot (International: English title)
Los amorios de una reina (Mexico) (Uruguay) [es]

Duración:

93 min

País:

Italy | France

Idioma:

Francés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16

Compañía:

Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in La nuit américaine (1973)

Colorful story of the 16th century Valois & Wars of Religion

This is a good movie, and although camparisons with its 1994 successor are inevitable, it wears well on its own and better in some ways. This is old-fashioned French film making, not noticeably different from Hollywood historical epics of the same era w/ the exception of a flash of nudity here and there. It is important to remember that at the time of this film, only Gance (screenplay) was an international legend. Moreau is fine as Marguerite de Valois & Françoise Rosay as Catherine de Medicis does a good job of chewing up the scenery. The '54 style potrayal of Henri d'Anjou as a very effeminate homosexual has been proven to be historically inaccurate, but Daniel Ceccaldi is amusing in the part. The acting for Charles IX, De la Mole, Coconnas et al is up to '54 par, acceptable and not terribly detracting from the story.

The inevitable discussion will be around comparing the two version, '54 & '94. Chereau lifted entire sections of the screenplay from 1954, and didn't do a bad job with them, for all that. A more faithful adaptation of the Dumas père novel, the '54 version cannot really be said to be a better movie. It is more "French," to be sure, and less sensationalized, but it, too, drags in spots just as the '94 does. The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre IS depicted, but not in an overlong and blood-drenched manner.

Moreau is rather cool as Marguerite whereas Adjani is overwrought in the '94, but both actresses give fine performances, each in their own manner.

This '54 version is a movie for an older generation, perhaps more academic in its approach, whereas the '94 is for a younger generation who like more zap and pizzazz in their cinematic representations.