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The Queen's Necklace (French:Le collier de la reine) is a 1929 French historical drama film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Marcelle Chantal, Georges Lannes and Diana Karenne. The film is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel The Queen's Necklace which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution. The film's art direction was by Lucien Carré. The film was made and distributed by Gaumont. In Germany it was released by the major studio UFA.

It was shot as a silent film, with a music soundtrack then added later.

Cast

Marcelle Chantal as La comtesse de la Motte

Georges Lannes as Le cardinal de Rohan

Diana Karenne as Marie-Antoinette / Oliva

Jeanne Evrard as La princesse de Lamballe

Jean Weber as Le chevalier Réteau de Villette

Renée Parme as Madame Élisabeth

Fernand Fabre as Le comte de La Motte

Harry Harment as Louis XVI

Odette Talazac as Madame de Misezy

Jules Mondos as Le joaillier

Gaston Mauger as Monsieur de Crosne

Paul Sato as Toussaint de Beauvire

Henri Lesieur as L'autre joaillier

Ady Cresso as Madame Vigée-Lebrun

Marc Dantzer

Jean Fay

Marco Monti

Gilberte Savary

Emilio Vardannes

References

The Queen's Necklace (1929 film) Wikipedia

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