This is a stunning cinematic interpretation of the classic story of the big-nosed bard and his unrequited love for Roxanne. A riveting and powerful performance from Gerard Depardieu with such superb rhyming subtitles, by Anthony Burgess, one almost forgets the movie was made in French. The action is enthralling, the cinematography fantastic, the movie entertaining; a must see film if you enjoy poetry, romance, humor, action, suspense, period pieces, aesthetically pleasing images, theatre, Fre find out more...
An obscure, but lavish, Ealing romantic historic drama concerning the ill-starred relationship between Sophia Dorothea, wife of the repulsive Elector of Hanover and future George the First of Britain, and the dashing Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck. Lots of court intrigue and doomed love. Note: This was the first Ealing picture shot in colour.
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