La Reine Margot (1954 film)

La Reine Margot (French: Queen Margot) is a 1954 French-Italian adventure historical drama film directed by Jean Dréville, scripted by Abel Gance from the 1845 novel La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas.^[1] It stars Jeanne Moreau, Armando Francioli and Françoise Rosay. The film is also known under the alternative title A Woman of Evil.

La Reine Margot
Directed by	Jean Dréville
Screenplay by	Abel Gance
Based on	La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by	Pierre Gurgo-Salice Adolphe Osso Claude Pessis
Starring	Jeanne Moreau Armando Francioli Françoise Rosay
Cinematography	Henri Alekan Roger Hubert
Edited by	Gabriel Rongier
Music by	Paul Misraki
Production companies	Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France Films Vendôme Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	25 November 1954 (1954-11-25)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

It was made as a co-production between the French and Italian branches of Lux Film. It was made at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Colasson. It was shot in Eastmancolor.

Cast

• Jeanne Moreau as Margaret of Valois
• Armando Francioli as Joseph Boniface de La Môle
• Henri Génès as Hannibal de Coconas
• Robert Porte as Charles IX
• André Versini as Henri de Navarre
• Françoise Rosay as Catherine de' Medici
• Vittorio Sanipoli as Maurevel
• Fiorella Mari as Henriette de Nevers
• Patrizia Lari as Charlotte de Sauve
• Daniel Ceccaldi as Henri d'Anjou
• Louis de Funès (uncredited) as René Bianchi
• Jacques Eyser as Caboche
• Guy Kerner as duc Henri de Guise
• Louis Arbessier as Admiral Gaspard de Coligny
• Nicole Riche as Gilonne
• Jean Temerson as aubergiste de La Belle Étoile
• Robert Moor as procureur
• Olivier Mathot as Pierre

See also

• La Reine Margot (1994 film)