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The Eagle with Two Heads

The Eagle with Two Heads

1948•1h 33m•6.8/10
DramaRomance

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6.8/10(19)

Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.

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Production

La Société des Films Sirius, Les Films Ariane

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Edwige Feuillère

Edwige Feuillère

Natasha, la Reine

Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Stanislas

Silvia Monfort

Silvia Monfort

Édith de Berg

Jean Debucourt

Jean Debucourt

Felix de Willenstein

Jacques Varennes

Jacques Varennes

Comte de Foehn

Gilles Quéant

Rudy

Maurice Nasil

Maurice Nasil

Gentz

Yvonne de Bray

Yvonne de Bray

La présidente

W. Edward Stirling

Adams

Capucine

Capucine

La dame au buffet

Gisèle Brucker

Nora Costes

André Darnay

Martine de Breteuil

Martine de Breteuil

Marguerite de Morlaye

Marguerite de Morlaye

Edouard Dermithe

Edouard Dermithe

Guy Favières

Guy Favières

Edith Lansac

Jacqueline Marbaux

Jacqueline Marbaux

Yves Massard

Yves Massard

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