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Angelique and the King

Angelique and the King

Adventure · History · Romance · 1966

Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.

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Angelique and the King

“The dazzling mistress of rogues and royalty gambles her beauty for the favor of the most elegant Libertine in all of France - Louis XIV himself.”

1966 Adventure · History · Romance 1h 40m

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6.5 / 10

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Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.

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Directed by

Bernard Borderie

Michèle Mercier

Michèle Mercier

Angélique de Plessis-Bellière

Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

Jeoffrey de Peyrac

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)

Jacques Toja

Jacques Toja

Louis XIV

Sami Frey

Sami Frey

Zoukim Batchiary Bey

Estella Blain

Estella Blain

Madame de Montespan

F

Fred Williams

Vladimir Stanislas Racoczi

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Put Angelique and the King on trial.

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.