Overview

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.

Cast

Edwige Feuillère

Natasha, la Reine

Jean Marais

Stanislas

Silvia Monfort

Édith de Berg

Jean Debucourt

Felix de Willenstein

Jacques Varennes

Comte de Foehn

Gilles Quéant

Rudy

Maurice Nasil

Gentz

Yvonne de Bray

La présidente

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W. Edward Stirling

Adams

Capucine

La dame au buffet

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Gisèle Brucker

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Nora Costes