Angélique et le sultan (1968)

Director:

Bernard Borderie

Writers:

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

Release Date:

13 March 1968 (Italy)

Genre:

Adventure | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Sequel | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Michèle Mercier	...	Angélique de Peyrac
Robert Hossein	...	Jeoffrey de Peyrac
Jean-Claude Pascal	...	Osman Ferradji
Jacques Santi	...	Vateville
Helmuth Schneider	...	Colin Paturel (as Helmut Schneider)
Roger Pigaut	...	Le Marquis d'Escrainville
Ettore Manni	...	Jason
Erno Crisa	...	Turkish Ambassador
Bruno Dietrich	...	Corlano
Pasquale Martino	...	Savary
Renato De Carmine	...	Jason
Henri Cogan	...	Bolbec
Aly Ben Ayed	...	Le sultan
Claudio Previtera
Gaby Mesée		(as Gaby Messe)

Also Known As:

Angélique und der Sultan (West Germany)
Angelica e il gran sultano (Italy)
Angelique and the Sultan (USA)
Angelika a sultán (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) (literal title) [cs]
Angelika i sultan (Poland) [pl]
Angelika ja sulttaani (Finland) [fi]
Angelique och sultanen (Sweden) [sv]
Anjelik çöl melikesi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
I angeliki kai o soultanos (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

France:105 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

Company:

Cinéphonic

Movie Connections:

Follows Indomptable Angélique (1967)

The series limps to a finale

By now, there have been four other Angélique films and the series is simply losing momentum. As far as this film goes, it is the least interesting of the series by far--so it isn't surprising that the films were discontinued after this one.

This film finds Angélique in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. Most of the first 2/3 of this film consist of her angrily refusing to be bedded as well as their trying to literally beat some sense into her. It all seems to go on too long and I was surprised that the Sultan simply didn't have her killed. Late in the film, she finally escaped with the help of two Christian prisoners and in the end she is FINALLY reunited with her husband--but not until there is a nasty twist near the end where her handsome rescuer is needlessly killed. My wife, in particular, hated this ending as the nice blond guy seems to have been killed off for no particular reason--and he was a pretty swell guy.

Overall, worth seeing if you've seen the other films but not an especially engaging film and there just isn't a whole lot of plot. As a result, this film simply limps to a conclusion.