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Queen Margot ()

La reine Margot (original title)
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Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
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Marguerite de Valois dite La Reine Margot
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Henri de Navarre
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Charles IX
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La Môle
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Catherine de Médicis
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Henriette de Nevers
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Anjou
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Coconnas
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Guise (as Miguel Bosè)
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Charlotte of Sauve
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Alençon
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Nançay
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Coligny
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Condé (as Jean-Philippe Ecoffey)
Albano Guaetta ...
Orthon
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Maurevel
Dörte Lyssewski ...
Marie Touchet
Michelle Marquais ...
La nourice
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Antoinette
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Un conseiller
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Guillaume du Bartas
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Un conseiller
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L'aubergiste (as Jean-Marc Stehle)
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Mendès
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Armagnac
Tolsty ...
Le bourreau
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Le Cardinal
Ulrich Wildgruber ...
René
Laurent Arnal ...
Protestant
Gérard Berlioz ...
(as Gerard Berlioz)
Christophe Bernard ...
Charles IX's Bodyguard
Marian Blicharz ...
Polish Ambassador
Daniel Breton ...
Thief
Pierre Brilloit
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2nd Escardon Volant (as Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi)
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Henriette's Servant (as Cecile Caillaud)
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Crussol
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Jeune Egorge (as Gregoire Colin)
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Page
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Eveque
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Telligny
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Lady in Waiting
Zygmunt Kargol ...
Polish Abassador
Carlos López ...
Gaede Nancay (as Carlos Lopez)
Orazio Massaro
Roman Massine ...
Charles IX's Bodyguard
Charlie Nelson ...
Commis Rene (as Charles Nelson)
Bernard Nissile ...
Protestant (as Bernard Nissille)
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Fille Cuisine Egorge (as Julie-Anne Rauth)
Jean-Michel Tavernier
Béatrice Toussaint ...
(as Beatrice Toussaint)
Mélanie Vaudaine ...
1st Escadron Volant
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Protestant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Isabel Alarcão ...
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José Alves ...
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António Cara D'Anjo ...
Protestant (uncredited)
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Une courtisane (uncredited)
Ramon de Mello ...
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Vanessa Dinger ...
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Nuno Elias ...
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Wedding Crowd (uncredited)
Peter Michael ...
Protestant (uncredited)
Florbela Oliveira ...
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Andreas Piper ...
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Margarida Reis ...
Catholic (uncredited)
Victor Rocha ...
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Wedding Crowd (uncredited)
José Simão ...
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Nuno Tudela ...
Protestant (uncredited)
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Protestant (uncredited)
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Directed by

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Patrice Chéreau

Written by

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Alexandre Dumas ... (novel)
 
Danièle Thompson ... (scenario & adaptation) and
Patrice Chéreau ... (scenario & adaptation)
 
Danièle Thompson ... (dialogue)

Produced by

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Claude Berri ... producer
Pierre Grunstein ... executive producer
Carsten Meyer-Grohbrügge ... assistant producer
Paulo Trancoso ... co-producer

Music by

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Goran Bregovic

Cinematography by

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Philippe Rousselot

Editing by

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François Gédigier
Hélène Viard

Editorial Department

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Marie-Blanche Colonna ... assistant editor
Xavier Loutreuil ... assistant editor
Laure Mercier ... assistant editor
Stéphane Metge ... trainee editor
Claire Sels ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Margot Capelier

Production Design by

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Richard Peduzzi
Olivier Radot

Art Direction by

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João Martins

Costume Design by

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Moidele Bickel

Makeup Department

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Fabienne Bressan ... key hair stylist
Sano De Perpessac ... additional hair stylist / key hair stylist: Portugal
Turid Follvik ... makeup artist
Marie-Pierre Hattabi ... additional hair stylist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen ... makeup artist
Gérald Portenart ... additional hair stylist / key hair stylist
Kuno Schlegelmilch ... special makeup effects
Marie-France Thibault ... key hair stylist

Production Management

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Bruno Bernard ... assistant unit manager
Jean-Claude Bourlat ... production manager
Mederic Bourlat ... assistant unit manager
Sophie Couécou ... assistant unit manager (as Sophie Coulaud)
Catherine Pierrat ... unit production manager
Antónia Seabra ... production manager: Portugal

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Raul Correia ... second assistant director: Portugal
Jérôme Enrico ... first assistant director / second unit director
Dominique Furgé ... second assistant director
Emmanuel Hamon ... second assistant director
Jorge Queiroga ... second assistant director: Portugal
João Pedro Ruivo ... first assistant director: Portugal
Gilles Sionnet ... first assistant director: preparation
Christophe Vallée ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Fernando Areal ... scenic artist
Frédéric Bénard ... assistant art director
Lionel Callari ... property master
Jean-René Coulon ... property master
Antoine Fontaine ... painter
Yvon Fustec ... paint decorator
Denis Gautelier ... carpenter
Mathieu Junot ... property master
Augusto Mayer ... art director: Portugal
Christophe Offret ... ripper
Maxime Rebière ... storyboard artist
Patrick Schmitt ... prop buyer
Christophe Serraz ... assistant property master
Cyrille Nomberg ... art department assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Salim Amrani ... assistant sound assistant
Olivier Burgaud ... boom operator
Pascal Chauvin ... foley artist
Patrick Egreteau ... foley artist
Michel Filippi ... adr supervisor
Sylvie Gadmer ... sound editor
Gérard Hardy ... sound editor
Dominique Hennequin ... sound
Pierre Martens ... second sound operator
Stefan Richter ... assistant dialogue editor
Corinne Rozenberg ... assistant sound editor / sound editor
Guillaume Sciama ... sound

Special Effects by

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Georges Demétrau ... special effects
Olivier Zenenski ... special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by

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Alan Church ... optical camera
Frederic Moreau ... visual effects
Christian Rajaud ... digital compositor
Philippe Tourret ... restoration coordinator

Stunts

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Jean-Louis Airola ... stunts
Michel Anderson ... stunts
Guylaine Arnoult ... stunts
Joëlle Baland ... stunts
Alain Barbier ... stunts
Jean Blats ... stunts
Michel Bouis ... stunts
Jean-Claude Braquet ... stunts
Daniel Breton ... stunts
Alain Brochery ... stunts
William Cagnard ... stunts
Michel Carliez ... stunts
Gilles Conseil ... stunts
Jean-François Demange ... stunts
Albert Goldberg ... stunts
Pascal Guégan ... stunts
Philippe Guégan ... stunt coordinator
Pascal Lopez ... stunt double / stunts
Patrick Médioni ... stunts
Philippe Neunreuther ... stunts
André Obadia ... stunts
Leslie Rain ... stunts
Pierre Rousselle ... stunts
Bernard Sachsé ... stunts
Patrick Steltzer ... stunts
Bertrand Triguer ... stunt double
Frédéric Vallet ... stunts
Olivier Vitrant ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Christine Aubry ... assistant camera
Stéphane Cry ... electrician
Patrick de Ranter ... camera operator: second unit
Pascal Delaunay ... grip
Dominique Delguste ... first assistant camera: second unit
Francine Filatriau ... assistant camera
Marc Koninckx ... camera operator / steadicam operator
Anne Nicolet ... assistant camera
Thierry Pouget ... focus puller
Gérard Rival ... grip
Luc Roux ... still photographer
Carlos Sequeira ... lighting technician
Myriam Touzé ... camera operator
Richard Vidal ... electrician

Casting Department

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An Dorthe Braker ... casting: Germany
Pascale Béraud ... extras casting director
Sophie Coulaud ... extras casting: Bordeaux
Catherine Deserbais ... extras casting
Pierrick Faour ... casting: France
Mirta Guarnaschelli ... casting: Italy
Patrícia Vasconcelos ... casting: Portugal

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Nathalie Chesnais ... costumer
Christophe Giraud ... costume painter
Tess Hammami ... costumer
Odile Hautemulle ... chief costume cutter
Michèle Pezzin ... costume supervisor
Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz ... costumer assistant

Music Department

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Srdjan Kurpjel ... music arranger
Daniel Masson ... composer: additional music

Script and Continuity Department

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Antoinette de Robien ... script trainee
Suzanne Durrenberger ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Raoul Billerey ... armorer
Yves Boonen ... director trainee
Sylvie Coen ... legal counsel
René Couture ... harnessing
Sandrine Douat ... trainee
Danielle Dumanoir ... production coordinator
Claude Fenioux ... financial controller
Hervé Grandsart ... historical advisor
François Hardy ... animal wrangler
Nicole Heitzmann ... supervising production accountant
Massimo Lodolo ... voice dubbing: Pascal Greggory
François Loubeyre ... armorer
Mario Luraschi ... equestrian advisor
Christophe Maratier ... armorer
João Milagre ... production assistant
Elisa Rodrigues ... production secretary: Portugal
Alain Saugout ... armorer
Vicente Trindade ... choreographer
Lionel Vitrant ... armorer

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France, a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace, a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic king, Charles IX, and the Hugenot king, Henri of Navarre. Catherine de Médicis maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest. Written by Oliver 'Asana' Duex

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Also Known As
  • La Reine Margot (France)
  • Die Bartholomäusnacht (Germany)
  • La regina Margot (Italy)
  • Queen Margot (India, English title)
  • Queen Margot (United States)
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  • 161 min
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Budget DEM42,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Patrice Chéreau edited the original cut of the film (roughly 160 minutes) to a shorter 138 minutes for international release. This was due to the disappointing box-office performance in France and the criticism (by, among others, Variety critic Todd McCarthy) of the film as being too violent and often incoherent. The French press were scathing of this 'American censorship' (they described the film as having been 'given a face-lift' for American audiences), but the new version was defended by various French critics being both more coherent whilst also maintaining Chereau's artistic vision. The shorter cut was later released in France too, in the hopes of increasing the film's box-office takings. 20 years later, Chereau slightly re-edited his film again and re-mastered it for a new BluRay release with a running time of 161 minutes. This was one of Chereau's last completed acts before his untimely death, so it can be regarded as the definitive version. See more »
Goofs La Mole is shot in the legs and the wounds and bloodstains are visible as he goes to execution. But when Margot views his semi-naked corpse, his legs are unmarked. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995). See more »
Soundtracks Elohi See more »
Quotes Charles IX: One who gives life is no longer a mother once she takes that life back.
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