The Eagle with Two Heads
6.5
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.
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Cast
26 people
Edwige Feuillère
Natasha, la Reine
Known for
Love Is My Profession
Jean Marais
Stanislas
Known for
Fantomas
Beauty and the Beast
Silvia Monfort
Édith de Berg
Known for
La Pointe Courte
Les Misérables
Jean Debucourt
Felix de Willenstein
Known for
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Earrings of Madame de...
Jacques Varennes
Comte de Foehn
Known for
Poison
Gilles Quéant
Rudy
Known for
Vivre Sa Vie
Last Year at Marienbad
Maurice Nasil
Gentz
Known for
The Cow and I
To Die of Love
Yvonne de Bray
La présidente
Also in
Olivia
The Storm Within
W. Edward Stirling
Adams
Also in
La Mode rêvée
Colomba
Capucine
La dame au buffet
Known for
The Pink Panther
Red Sun
Gisèle Brucker
Also in
The Fan
Nora Costes
Also in
Fantomas Against Fantomas
My Priest Among the Rich
Jean Cocteau Director · Claude Ibéria Editor Raymond Leboursier Editor
United States release December 18, 1948 · Produced in France · Production Les Films Ariane
Production
La Société des Films Sirius
Production
Les Films Ariane
Production
France
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Original title
L'Aigle à deux têtes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · September 22, 1948
Theatrical
United States · December 18, 1948
Theatrical
Finland
April 29, 1949 · Theatrical
Germany
May 3, 1949 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
February 22, 1951 · Theatrical
Japan
July 8, 1953 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 27, 1949 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 17, 1950 · Theatrical
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