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Queen Margot (TV series)

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Queen Margot
Russian: Королева Марго
Genrehistorical drama
Based onLa Reine Margot
Screenplay byMarina Mareeva
Directed byAlexander Muratov
StarringYevgenia Dobrovolskaya
Dmitry Pevtsov
Mikhail Yefremov
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Dmitry Kharatyan
ComposerEugen Doga
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes18
Production
ProducersSergey Zhigunov
Elena Samagina
CinematographyOleg Martynov
EditorsEleonora Praksina
Valery Todorovsky
Natalya Kucherenko
Running time566 min.
Original release
NetworkRussia 1
ReleaseSeptember 1996 (1996-09)
Related
Countess de Monsoreau[1]

Queen Margot (Russian: Королева Марго, romanizedKoroleva Margo) is a Russian television series directed by Alexander Muratov. A film adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas, filmed in 1994-1995.[2][3] The film premiered on television in the fall of 1996 on the Russia 1.[1]

Plot

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In order to cement another ephemeral peace between Catholics and Protestant Huguenots of France, on August 18, 1572, King Charles IX's sister Margaret was married to one of the Huguenot leaders, Henry de Bourbon, King of Navarre, her second cousin, the Prince of the Blood.

Her wedding, celebrated in Paris with great pomp, ended on St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. During a massacre, Margot accidentally saves a wounded Protestant nobleman and falls in love with him.

Episodes

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  1. Book of Fates
  2. St. Bartholomew's Day
  3. Bloody Mass
  4. Woe to the Vanquished
  5. Heavenly Love, Earthly Love
  6. Duel
  7. Hangman's Handshake
  8. Cherry Velvet Cloak
  9. Royal Hounds
  10. Unroyal Happiness
  11. Sons of the She-Wolf
  12. Rope-ladder
  13. Lucky La Mole
  14. Friday the Thirteenth
  15. Honor of the House of Valois
  16. Vincennes Castle
  17. Spanish Boots
  18. Ashes

Cast

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Film crew

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  • Director: Alexander Muratov
  • Producers: Sergey Zhigunov, Elena Samagina
  • Screenwriter: Marina Mareeva
  • Operator: Oleg Martynov, Pavel Nebera[4]
  • Composer: Eugen Doga
  • Designer: Victor Yushin
  • Costume designer: Natalia Polye
  • Montage: Eleanor Praksina, Valery Todorovsky, Natalia Kucherenko
  • The director of horse tricks: Igor Novoselov

References

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  1. ^ a b «Королева Марго»: как выглядят герои любимого сериала спустя 20 лет (2016)
  2. ^ Никита Карцев. Алексей Горбунов: «Дюма я обязан жизнью» // Московский комсомолец (2010)
  3. ^ Юлия Гирба. Зачем тебе это надо, Жигунов // Коммерсантъ (1996)
  4. ^ Queen Margot (TV Series 1996) - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-06-10 – via www.imdb.com.
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