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The Pearls of the Crown

The Pearls of the Crown

1937•1h 40m•6.5/10
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The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.

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Production

Cinéas

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry

Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras / Napoléon III

Jacqueline Delubac

Jacqueline Delubac

Françoise Martin / Marie Stuart / Joséphine de Beauharnais

Lyn Harding

Lyn Harding

John Russell / Henry VIII

Renée Saint-Cyr

Renée Saint-Cyr

Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne

Enrico Glori

Enrico Glori

Signor Ribaldi

Ernete Zacconi

Ernete Zacconi

Le pape Clement VII

Barbara Shaw

Barbara Shaw

Anne Boleyn

Marguerite Moreno

Marguerite Moreno

Catherine de Medicis (1860) / L'impératrice Eugénie âgée (1914)

Arletty

Arletty

La reine abyssine

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

Le prêtre

Claude Dauphin

Claude Dauphin

Le prisonnier Italien en Abyssinie

Robert Seller

Robert Seller

Le prisonnier Français en Abyssinie

Ponzio

Un ouvrier chantant

Andrews Engelmann

Andrews Engelmann

James - le voleur

Yvette Pienne

Yvette Pienne

La reine Marie Tudor / La reine Elizabeth I

Raimu

Raimu

L'industriel du midi

Lisette Lanvin

Lisette Lanvin

La petite femme / La reine Victoria jeune

Pierre Juvenet

Pierre Juvenet

L'expert

Henri Crémieux

Henri Crémieux

Le commissaire-priseur

Aimé Simon-Girard

Aimé Simon-Girard

Le roi Henry IV

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