Amours de la Reine Elisabeth, Les

Alternative title

Queen Elizabeth Queen Bess (Her Love Story) Reine Elisabeth, La Elisabeth, Reine d’Angleterre

Synopsis

Film drama based on the play by Emile Moreau that relates the love story of Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex. The film opens with a performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor (the Falstaff basket scene III,iii) staged to celebrate the victory over the Armada. After the performance the Queen congratulates William Shakespeare (actor unknown).

Country

France

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1912

Notes

The copy in the BFI National Archive was constructed from two different sources, it is tinted and has German and German/English intertitles.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Henri Desfontaines; Louis Mercanton

Art Direction

Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt

Cast

Lou Tellegen
M. Chameroy
Sarah Bernhardt

Production Company

Name

Histrionic Film

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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