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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
Recording date
12 Aug 1912
Duration
35 mins; 3,138 feet

Credits

Director
Henri Desfontaines; Louis Mercanton
Art Direction
Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
Cast
Lou TellegenRobert Devereux, Earl of Essex
M. ChameroyLord Bacon
Sarah BernhardtQueen Elizabeth

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Historical period
Elizabethan
Plays
Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

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

Production Company

Name

Histrionic Film

Archive

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BFI National Archive

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