Angélique et le roy (1966)

Director:

Bernard Borderie

Writers:

Anne Golon (novel) &
Serge Golon (novel) ...

Release Date:

31 January 1966 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | History | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Versailles | King Louis XIV | Nudity | Sequel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michèle Mercier	...	Angélique de Plessis-Bellière
Robert Hossein	...	Jeoffrey de Peyrac
Jean Rochefort	...	Desgrez
Jacques Toja	...	Louis XIV
Sami Frey	...	Bachtiary Bey
Estella Blain	...	De Montespan
Fred Williams	...	Ràkóczi
Pasquale Martino	...	Savary
Jean Parédès	...	Saint-Amon
René Lefèvre	...	Colbert (as René Lefebvre)
Michel Galabru	...	Bontemps
Philippe Lemaire	...	de Vardes
Ann Smyrner	...	Thérèse
Carol Le Besque	...	La Desoeillet
Michel Thomass	...	M. de Bonchef

Also Known As:

Angélique und der König (West Germany)
Angelica alla corte del re (Italy)
Angelique and the King (USA)
Angelika a král (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) (literal title) [cs]
Angelika i król (Poland) [pl]
Angelika ja kuningas (Finland) [fi]
Angelique och kungen (Sweden) [sv]
Anjelik ve kral (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
I angeliki stin avli ton thavmaton (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

Germany:100 min

Country:

France | Italy | West Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Abbaye de Fontenay, Montbard, Côte-d'Or, France

Company:

Films Borderie

Movie Connections:

Follows Merveilleuse Angélique (1965)

How a great book becomes a dud.

"Angélique et le roy" is Anne et Serge Golon's peak:their novel successfully recreates the atmosphere of Louis the fourteenth 's court,with its intrigues,and its incredible "Etiquette".Their depictions are vivid and colorful.They have never blended so intimately Angelique's adventures with the historical events:and there 's a lot of 'em:war in Holland,the sumptuous feasts which celebrated victory,the rise of Madame de Montespan and the fall of Louise de La Vallière as favorites of the Sun King,the poisons affair,Henriette d'Angleterre's death,et al.Of course,there are some mistakes (the book was written in the fifties):Monsieur ,frère du roi (king's brother),was never the villain depicted by the Golon,and his wife's(Henriette) poisening was never proved(and the historians reckon it's unlikely).

What about the movie?It's an almost complete loss.The scenarists took what was the most spectacular-Angélique meets a Persian prince and is almost raped,she attends a black mass- and left the rest,all I mention above."Indomptable Angélique" and "angélique et le sultan" the two final episodes of the saga are,if possible,worse.

One should note,however,that only the third part of the novel was transferred to the screen.Philippe ,who plays a prominent part in the novel ,disappears in the prologue!

If only more people knew the novels...Alas!