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Les amours de la reine Élisabeth
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Moreau, Marie-Jules-Émile, author.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--Drama.
- Elizabeth.
- Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601--Drama.
- Essex, Robert Devereux.
- Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Drama.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Fiction films
- Silent films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (43 min., 37 sec.)) silent with intertitles, black and white
- Production:
- [France] Histrionic Film 1912
- Contained In:
- Shakespeare in silent film
- Language Note:
- Silent film with German and English intertitles
- Summary:
- This film dramatises a tragic love affair between Queen Elizabeth I of England and one of her favourites, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. It portrays the political and emotional turmoil surrounding their relationship, resulting in Essex's downfall and execution after his affair with the Earl of Nottingham's wife is discovered. The story is adapted from a stage play and focuses on the personal and political conflicts faced by Elizabeth I. Contains German and English intertitles. Additional credits from Raymond Chirat's Catalogue des films française de fiction de 1908 - 1918(1996). The film which launched Adolph Zukor's "Famous Players in Famous Plays" venture
- Participant:
- Jean Angelo, Sarah Bernhardt, Georges Chameroy, Albert Decoeur, Georges Deneubourg, Guy Favières, Guy Guidé, Max Maxudian, Mlle Romani, Lou Tellegen
- Credits:
- Directors, Louis Mercanton, Henri Desfontaines, Gaston Roudes ; author of original work, Marie-Jules-Émile Moreau ; photography, Clément Maurice
- Notes:
- Original film format: 35mm
- Vendor supplied data
- OCLC:
- 1582416850
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