Queen Margot
La Reine Margot
“ She was the wife of a king… and the lover of a soldier. ”
CINEMA1994-05-13
DIGITAL2014-05-07
RegionFR / DE
Runtime138 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
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Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Patrice Chéreau
KEYWORDS
parisfrancebased on novel or bookmarriage of convenienceroyaltyconspiracypalace intrigue16th centuryreligious persecutionst. bartholomew's day massacrefrench history
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