Untamable Angelique
| Untamable Angelique | |
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| 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 |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
Production
[edit]Michèle Mercier revealed that she got hurt during the gang rape scene: "Angelica is thrown into the hold where four prisoners are. They were inexperienced extras. They really rushed on me. I was terrified, I screamed. One of them hit me hard on the chest with his chain. For two years I had a lump in my breast. It was horrible!"[2]
Box office
[edit]The film sold 4,610,585 tickets in France and Germany.[3] It also sold 24.8 million tickets in the Soviet Union,[4] for a worldwide total of 29,410,585 ticket sales.
References
[edit]- ^ Bergfelder p.262
- ^ "Angélique et le Roy (6Ter) Michèle Mercier : "Le producteur insistait pour que je me déshabille"". programme-television.org. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "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
[edit]- 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.
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