Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.
Jean Cocteau
Writer, Director
Edwige Feuillère
Natasha, la Reine
Jean Marais
Stanislas
Silvia Monfort
Édith de Berg
Jean Debucourt
Felix de Willenstein
Jacques Varennes
Comte de Foehn
Gilles Quéant
Rudy
Maurice Nasil
Gentz
Yvonne de Bray
La présidente
W. Edward Stirling
Adams
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Not Easily Broken63%
The Man from Elysian Fields58%
Peter Ibbetson69%
Maria's Lovers60%
Les Jeunes Amants64%
The Mother59%
Gabriel's Redemption: Part I72%
Jane Eyre69%
César et Rosalie72%
Life in a Year82%
Mélo68%
Kitty Foyle65%
Ma première fois65%
Fire with Fire62%
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Une chambre en ville63%
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit76%
Les liaisons dangereuses58%
Sidonie au Japon62%
