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The Queen's Lover

69 %|Feb 17, 1948|Drama

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 ...

Featured Crew

Pierre Billon
Director
Victor Hugo
Novel
Nino Martegani
Producer
Georges Auric
Music
Jean Cocteau
Adaptation
Michel Kelber
Director of Photography
Jean Zay
Costume Design
Georges Legrand
Producer

Cast

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Danielle Darrieux
La reine d'Espagne Marie de Neubourg
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Jean Marais
Ruy Blas / Don César de Bazan
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Marcel Herrand
Le marquis Don Salluste de Bazan
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Gabrielle Dorziat
la duchesse d'Albuquerque
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Giovanni Grasso
Don Gaspar Guritan
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Paul Amiot
Le marquis de Santa Cruz
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Gilles Quéant
Le duc d'Albe
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Armand Lurville
l'archevêque
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Jacques Berlioz
Un ministre
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Charles Lemontier
Le comte de Camporeal
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Pierre Magnier
Le marquis de Priego
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Olivier Darrieux
Petit rôle (uncredited)
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Eddy Debray
Un ministre (uncredited)
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Allain Dhurtal
Un ministre (uncredited)
actor
Guy Favières
Un ministre (uncredited)
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Michel Flamme
Petit rôle (uncredited)
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Yves Massard
Bit part (uncredited)
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Rolla Norman
Un ministre (uncredited)
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Claude Serre
L'écuyer du duc d'Albe (uncredited)
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Gilles Watteaux
Petit rôle (uncredited)