Untamable Angelique

Untamable Angelique
Untamable Angelique
Directed by	Bernard Borderie
Written by	Anne Golon (novel); Serge Golon (novel) ; Bernard Borderie ; Francis Cosne ; Pascal Jardin ; Louis Agotay
Produced by	François Chavane ; Francis Cosne
Starring	Michèle Mercier ; Robert Hossein ; Roger Pigaut
Cinematography	Henri Persin
Edited by	Christian Gaudin
Music by	Michel Magne
Production; companies	Cinéphonic Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique ; Films Borderie ; Fono Roma ; Francos Films ; Gloria-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film ; S.N. Prodis
Release date	27 October 1967;
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France ; Italy ; West Germany
Language	French
Box office	29.4 million tickets

Untamable Angelique (French: Indomptable Angélique) is a 1967 historical adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein and Roger Pigaut. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It was the fourth in the five film series based on the novels by Anne and Serge Golon.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.

Synopsis

After discovering that her first husband is still alive, Angélique travels to the South of France not knowing that he is now a notorious pirate. Captured by some slave traders she is taken to Crete where she is intended to be sold.

Main cast

Michèle Mercier as Angélique de Peyrac
Robert Hossein as Jeoffrey de Peyrac
Roger Pigaut as Le Marquis d'Escrainville
Christian Rode as Le Duc de Vivonne
Ettore Manni as Jason
Bruno Dietrich as Coriano
Pasquale Martino as Savary
Sieghardt Rupp as Millerand
Poldo Bendandi as Angélique's buyer

Box office

The film sold 4,610,585 tickets in France and Germany.^[2] It also sold 24.8 million tickets in the Soviet Union,^[3] for a worldwide total of 29,410,585 ticket sales.

References

^ Bergfelder p.262
^ "Indomptable Angélique (1967)". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "«Неукротимая Анжелика» (Indomptable Angélique, 1967)". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 26 June 2020.

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

Untamable Angelique at IMDb

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[1] Bergfelder p.262

[2] "Indomptable Angélique (1967)". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[3] "«Неукротимая Анжелика» (Indomptable Angélique, 1967)". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 26 June 2020.

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