Merveilleuse Angélique (1965)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Bernard Borderie

Writers:

Anne Golon (novel) &
Serge Golon (novel) ...
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Release Date:

7 July 1965 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | History | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Royalty | Historical | Beautiful Woman | King Louis XIV

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michèle Mercier	...	Angélique de Peyrac
Claude Giraud	...	Philippe de Plessis-Bellières
Jean Rochefort	...	Desgrez
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté
Giuliano Gemma	...	Nicolas
Claire Maurier	...	Ninon de Lenclos
Ernst Schröder	...	Le capitaine du Châtelet
Charles Régnier	...	Conan Becker
Jacques Toja	...	Louis XIV
François Maistre	...	Prionce de Condé
Robert Porte	...	Monsieur
Denise Provence	...	Barbe
Noël Roquevert	...	Maître Bourjus, l'aubergiste
Rosalba Neri	...	La Polak
Elizabeth Ercy	...	Rosine (as Elisabeth Ercy)
Patrick Lemaître	...	Flipot
Gino Marturano	...	Rodogone
Jacques Hilling	...	Molines
Henri Cogan	...	Cul-de-Bois
Serge Marquand	...	Jactance
Nadia Barentin	...	Jacqueline
Pietro Tordi	...	Le grand Coërse
Michael Münzer	...	Beau-Garçon
Robert Hoffmann	...	Chevalier de Lorraine
Malka Ribowska	...	La Brinvilliers
Roberto	...	Barcarolle (as Le Nain Roberto)
Dominique Viriot	...	Linot

Directed by
Bernard Borderie

Writing credits
Anne Golon		(novel "Le Chemin de Versailles") &
Serge Golon		(novel "Le Chemin de Versailles")
Claude Brulé		(writer) &
Bernard Borderie		(writer) &
Francis Cosne		(writer)
Daniel Boulanger		(dialogue)

Produced by
Francis Cosne	....	producer
Raymond Borderie	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Michel Magne

Cinematography by
Henri Persin

Film Editing by
Christian Gaudin

Production Design by
René Moulaert

Costume Design by
Rosine Delamare

Makeup Department
Huguette LaLaurette	....	wig maker
Maguy Vernadet	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Henri Jaquillard	....	production manager
Paul Lemaire	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Aboyantz	....	assistant director
Renzo Cerrato	....	assistant director
Paul Nuytens	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jacques Paris	....	assistant set decorator
Henri Sonois	....	assistant set decorator
Albert Volper	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Jean Nény	....	sound mixer
René Sarazin	....	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Gilles Bonneau	....	camera operator: second unit
Maurice Chapiron	....	still photographer
Guy Suzuki	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Georgette Fillon	....	wardrobe
Marie Gromtseff	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Isabel García de Herreros	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Richard Balducci	....	unit publicist
Robert Chevereau	....	production administrator
Lily Hargous	....	script supervisor
Fiorella Betti	....	voice dubbing: Rosalba Neri (Italian version) (uncredited)
Philippe Noiret	....	voice dubbing: Ernst Schröder (French version) (uncredited)
Jacques Thébault	....	voice dubbing: Giuliano Gemma (French version) (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)
• Films Borderie
• Fono Roma
• Francos Films
• Gloria-Film GmbH
• S.N. Prodis

Distributors

• S.N. Prodis (1965) (France) (theatrical)
• F.J. Lucas (Brazil) (video)

Also Known As:

Angélique, 2. Teil (West Germany)
Angelique: The Road to Versailles (UK)
La meravigliosa Angelica (Italy)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

France | Italy | West Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Die Legende von Paul und Paula (1973)

From the Cour des Miracles to the Court of the Sun King.

That's Angelique's route.The title of the Golon's novel was "le chemin de Versailles"(=Versailles route).And like the other movies of this famous -in France- saga,it does not do the book any justice.Once again,the Golons ' depictions were often first-class,mainly in the first chapters which dealt with the notorious "Cour des Miracles" (also depicted by Victor Hugo in "Notre-Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)).Their work was cheapened and watered-down by the screenwriters ,giving a romantic flavor to Nicolas' character (who in the book is a crude brute),and avoiding many a "horrible" line.For instance ,the fighting in Saints-Innocents charnel house -where the Belles de Paris used to come during the day to do some shopping among the skulls and the bones-is nowhere to be seen on the screen.

This is fairly entertaining swashbucklers adventures,a genre that was at its (commercial) peak in France circa 1960 thanks to actor Jean Marais ("le bossu","le capitan" "le miracle des loups")but was on the wane after 1965."Angélique was,all in all,the last hurrah(so to speak).