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Angelique and the King (1966)
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
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Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
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Genre:Adventure, History, Romance
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In Theaters:1/31/1966
Box Office:$52,800,000
Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Les Films Borderie, Fono Roma, Francos Films
Cast
Bernard Borderie
Director
Michèle Mercier
Angélique de Plessis-Bellière
Robert Hossein
Jeoffrey de Peyrac
Jean Rochefort
François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
Jacques Toja
Louis XIV
Sami Frey
Zoukim Batchiary Bey
Estella Blain
Madame de Montespan
Fred Williams
Vladimir Stanislas Racoczi
Pasquale Martino
Savary
Jean Parédès
Saint-Amon
Claude Giraud
Philippe de Plessis-Bellières
René Lefèvre
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