The Queen's Necklace (1946 film)

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The Queen's Necklace
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Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Written by Frantz Funck-Brentano
Charles Spaak
Starring Viviane Romance
Maurice Escande
Jacques Dacqmine
Cinematography Roger Hubert
Edited by Émilienne Nelissen
Music by Maurice Thiriet
Production
company
Île de France Film
Distributed byConsortium du Film
Release date
  • 11 September 1946 (1946-09-11)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

The Queen's Necklace (French: L'affaire du collier de la reine) is a 1946 French historical drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Viviane Romance, Maurice Escande and Jacques Dacqmine. [1] The film portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which damaged the reputation of the French queen Marie Antionette during the 1780s.

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It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios and on location at the Palace of Versailles. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.

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References

  1. Klossner p.12

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