''The Queen's Necklace'' (French: ''L'affaire du collier de la reine'') is a 1946 French

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directed by

Marcel L'Herbier Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...

and starring Viviane Romance, Maurice Escande and

Jacques Dacqmine Jacques Dacqmine (1923–2010) was a French stage, film and television actor.Hayward p.242 He was married four times, including to the actress Odile Versois. Partial filmography * '' Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Un élève du collège (uncre ...

.Klossner p.12 The film portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which damaged the reputation of the French queen Marie Antionette during the 1780s. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios and on location at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Max Douy.

Cast

* Viviane Romance as Jeanne de la Motte * Maurice Escande as Cardinal de Rohan *

as Rétaux de Villette * Michel Salina as Comte de la Motte * Jean Hébey as King Louis XVI * Marion Dorian as

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (; ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last List of French royal consorts, queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the ...

* Pierre Dux as Cagliostro * Jean-Louis Allibert as

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* Pierre Bertin as Abbé Loth *

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as Boehmer * Pierre Magnier as Procureur Joly de Fleury * Paul Amiot as Maître Doillot, l'avocat de Jeanne * Marcel Delaître as Maître Target, l'avocat de Rohan * Hélène Bellanger as Duchess of Polignac * Florence Lynn as Princesse de Lamballe * Robert Dartois as Monsieur de Soubise * Saint-Pol as Bijoutier Bassange * André Philip as Deschamps * André Varennes as Premier président d'Aligre *

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as Avocat général Séguier * André Wasley as

Pierre André de Suffren Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

* Marcel Lagrange as Duc de Villeroi * Monique Cassin as Nicole, la fille Oliva * Luc Andrieux as Un geôlier * Jacques Berlioz * Chukry-Bey * Jacques François as Comte d'Artois * Lucas Gridoux as Un membre du Parlement * Pierre Labry as Hubert * Philippe Lemaire * Johnny Marchand * Jean-Pierre Mocky as Un page de la reine * Jean Morel as M. de Breteuil * Paul Ménager * Philippe Olive as Maître Breton * Georges Paulais as Un huissier * Marcel Rouzé * Roger Vincent as Un abbé de cour * Yvonne Yma as La femme Hubert

References

Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland, 2002.

External links

* 1946 films 1940s historical films French historical films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier Films set in the 1780s French black-and-white films Works about the Affair of the Diamond Necklace Cultural depictions of Louis XVI Films about Marie Antoinette Films about Alessandro Cagliostro Films about jewellery 1940s French films Films scored by Maurice Thiriet Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak {{historic-film-stub