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The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)

ALL 09/22/1948 (fr) Drama, Romance 93 Min
  • Release
    09/22/1948
  • Production
    La Société des Films Sirius, Les Films Ariane
  • Rotten tomato
    69%
  • Original title
    L'Aigle à deux têtes
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.

  1. Jean Cocteau

    Director

  2. Story



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The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) 93 Min

ALL 09/22/1948 (fr)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 09/22/1948
  • Production
    La Société des Films Sirius, Les Films Ariane
  • Original title L'Aigle à deux têtes
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.

  1. Jean Cocteau

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Claude Ibéria, Raymond Leboursier

    Editor

  4. Georges Dancigers, Alexandre Mnouchkine

    Producer



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