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 · 1h 40m · TV-MA
Adventure, History, Romance
Directed by
Bernard Borderie
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Angelique and the King
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.
Director and cast
- Bernard Borderie Director
- Michèle Mercier as Angélique de Plessis-Bellière
- Robert Hossein as Jeoffrey de Peyrac
- Jean Rochefort as François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
- Jacques Toja as Louis XIV
- Sami Frey as Zoukim Batchiary Bey
- Estella Blain as Madame de Montespan
- Fred Williams as Vladimir Stanislas Racoczi
- Pasquale Martino as Savary
- Jean Parédès as Saint-Amon
- Claude Giraud as Philippe de Plessis-Bellières
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