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The King's Whore (1990)
Directed by Axel Corti
“A land ruled by the sword. A nation driven to war. A throne destroyed by passion.”
Romance, History, Drama · 2h 18m
Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
Cast
Timothy Dalton
King Vittorio Amadeo
Valeria Golino
Jeanne de Luynes
Stéphane Freiss
Comte di Verua
Robin Renucci
Charles de Luynes
Margaret Tyzack
La Comtesse douairière
Eleanor David
La Reine
Paul Crauchet
Le Duc de Luynes
Leonardo Ruta
Le Prince Vittorio
Federico Pacifici
1st Courtier
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Scaglia
Anna Bonaiuto
Contessa Longhi
Caterina Vertova
Contessa Bassani
Crew
- Director
- Axel Corti
- Screenplay
- Daniel Vigne, Frederic Raphael, Axel Corti
- Director of Photography
- Gernot Roll
- Original Music Composer
- Gabriel Yared
- Editor
- Bryan Oates, Joële Van Effenterre
- Producer
- Wieland Schulz-Keil, Maurice Bernart
Details
- Original title
- La Putain du roi
- Release date
- 1990-11-14
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Genres
- Romance, History, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, English
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Cinema & Cinem, AFC