The Queen's Lover

Overview

Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 17, 1948

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Cast

Danielle Darrieux,Jean Marais,Marcel Herrand,Gabrielle Dorziat,Alexandre Rignault,Giovanni Grasso,Paul Amiot,Jone Salinas,Gilles Quéant,Armand Lurvilleand 13 more

Director

Pierre Billon

Writer

Victor Hugo,Jean Cocteau

Producer

Georges Legrand,Nino Martegani,André Paulvé

Cinematography

Michel Kelber

Music

Georges Auric

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0039792