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Angelique and the King

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.

19666.51h 40m

Overview

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.

Directed by Bernard Borderie
Written by Pascal Jardin, Bernard Borderie, Francis Cosne
Produced by Francis Cosne, Raymond Borderie
Box Office0Revenue: $52.8M

Top Cast

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

Fred Williams

Fred Williams

Vladimir Stanislas Racoczi

Pasquale Martino

Pasquale Martino

Savary

Jean Parédès

Jean Parédès

Saint-Amon

Claude Giraud

Claude Giraud

Philippe de Plessis-Bellières

Themes & Keywords

17th centurylouis xiv

About Angelique and the King

Angelique and the King is a adventure, history, romance film released in 1966 exploring themes of 17th century, louis xiv. Directed by Bernard Borderie, it stars Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort. 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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