The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
19481h 33mDramaRomance
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 FeuillèreNatasha, la Reine
Jean MaraisStanislas
Silvia MonfortÉdith de Berg
Jean DebucourtFelix de Willenstein
Jacques VarennesComte de Foehn
Gilles QuéantRudy
Maurice NasilGentz
Yvonne de BrayLa présidente- WW. Edward StirlingAdams
CapucineLa dame au buffet- GGisèle Brucker
- NNora Costes
- AAndré Darnay
Martine de Breteuil
Marguerite de Morlaye
Édouard Dermithe
Guy Favières- EEdith Lansac
Crew
- Director
- Jean Cocteau
- Writers
- Jean Cocteau
Details
- Released
- September 22, 1948
- Language
- French
- Studio
- La Société des Films Sirius, Les Films Ariane
- IMDb
- tt0039135
