Queen Margot
1994 · Movie · 2h 18m · R
DramaHistoryRomance
"She was the wife of a king… and the lover of a soldier."
Overview
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.
Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Key crew
- Patrice ChéreauDirector
- Danièle ThompsonScreenplay
- Goran BregovićOriginal Music Composer
- Patrice ChéreauScreenplay
Cast
- Isabelle AdjaniMargot
- Daniel AuteuilHenri de Navarre
- Jean-Hugues AngladeCharles IX
- Vincent PerezLa Môle
- Virna LisiCatherine de Médicis
- Dominique BlancHenriette de Nevers
- Pascal GreggoryAnjou
- Claudio AmendolaCoconnas
- Miguel BoséGuise
- Asia ArgentoCharlotte de Sauve
- Julien RassamAlençon
- Thomas KretschmannNançay
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Themes
paris, francebased on novel or bookmarriage of convenienceroyaltyconspiracypalace intrigue16th centuryreligious persecutionst. bartholomew's day massacrefrench history