Famous Love Affairs (1961)

4.4/10 115 min History Romance

Overview

An anthology of four historical love affairs: at Versailles, Louis XIV shares his mistress with one of his subjects; a courtesan tries to disfigure her lover with acid; a medieval wife faces the wrath of her husband's father, who has her condemned to death; and a stage actress provides advice on life and love to her young colleague.

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Lauzun

Philippe Noiret

Louis XIV

Dany Robin

Mme de Monaco

Pierre Palau

Saint-Simon

Michel Galabru

Champagne, le domestique du roi

Guy Tréjean

le gouverneur de la Bastille

Agnès Laurent

Irène, la femme du gouverneur

Liliane Brousse

Mme de Montespan

Laure Paillette

la servante du gouverneur

France Anglade

Lisette, la servante de Mme de Montespan

Simone Signoret

Jenny de Lacour

Pierre Vaneck

René de La Roche

Antoine Bourseiller

Gaudry, le parfumeur boiteux

François Maistre

le commissaire Massot

Charles Bouillaud

un inspecteur

Lucien Nat

le préfet

Colette Castel

Louise, la servante

Brigitte Bardot

Agnès Bernauer

Alain Delon

le duc Albert de Bavière

Suzanne Flon

Ursula, La Margravine

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