La reine Margot = Queen Margot / Pathé ; une coproduction franco-germano-italienne, Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma, D.A. Films, NEF Filmproduktion GmbH / Degeto for ARD / WMG, RCS Films & TV (Rome) ; avec la participation du Centre National de la Cinématographie et de Canal+ ; Claude Berri présente ; scénario et adaptation, Danièle Thompson, Patrice Chéreau ; un film de Patrice Chéreau.

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Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between French Catholics and Protestants. Six days after her wedding, La Mole, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot's door. He is Protestant and must die like all the others...

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Uniform Title:Reine Margot (Motion picture)
Cohen film collection.
Classics of French cinema.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Bregović, Goran (Composer)
Corporate Authors: France 2 cinéma (Firm) (Production company)
D.A. Films (Production company)
Nouvelle édition française (Production company)
ARD Degeto Film (Firm) (Production company)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Öffentlich-Rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Production company)
WMG (Firm) (Production company)
RCS Films & TV (Production company)
Centre national de la cinématographie (France) (Production company)
Studio Canal+ (Production company)
Pathé Productions (Presenter)
Cohen Media Group (Publisher)
Entertainment One Film USA LLC (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Chéreau, Patrice (Film director, Screenwriter)
Berri, Claude (Film producer)
Grunstein, Pierre (Film producer)
Thompson, Danièle (Screenwriter)
Adjani, Isabelle, 1955- (Actor)
Auteuil, Daniel (Actor)
Anglade, Jean-Hugues (Actor)
Perez, Vincent, 1964- (Actor)
Lisi, Virna (Actor)
Brialy, Jean-Claude (Actor)
Rousselot, Philippe, 1945- (Cinematographer)
Gedigier, François (Film editor)
Viard, Hélène (Film editor)
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
Language:French
English
Language of the Original:
French
Language and/or Writing System:
In French with optional English subtitles.
Published: [New York, New York] : Cohen Media Group, [2014]
Edition:20th Anniversary Director's Cut.
Series:Cohen film collection.
Classics of French cinema.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Marguerite, > Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, > 1553-1615 > Drama.
France > History > Henry IV, 1589-1610 > Drama.
Queens > France > Biography > Drama.
Dumas, Alexandre, > 1802-1870 > Film adaptations.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Motion pictures > France.
Motion pictures > Germany.
Motion pictures > Italy.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Biography
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Romance films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Motion pictures
Physical Description:1 videodisc (159 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Queen Margot. [Parallel title]
Claude Berri presents.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between French Catholics and Protestants. Six days after her wedding, La Mole, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot's door. He is Protestant and must die like all the others, but Margot hides him, nurses him back to help and grows to love him.
Note:Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Originally released as motion picture in 1994.
4k digital restoration.
DVD features: feature-length audio commentary by Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival; 2014 re-release trailer.
Call Number:AD4 D0162262 VideoDVD
Audience:
[Not rated]
Original 1994 United States release of film was given an MPAA rating: R for nudity, strong sexuality, and for graphic scenes of massacre. Information provided from IMDB.com web page for film.
ISBN:1417242957
9781417242955
Credits:Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editors, François Gedigier, Hélène Viard ; music, Goran Bregovic ; executive producer, Pierre Grunstein.
System Details:DVD; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Cast:
Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Jean-Claude Brialy.
Source of Description:
Title from title screens; parrallel title from container.