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The Queen's Necklace (1929)

The Queen's Necklace poster
Original title
Le collier de la reine
Directed by
Tony Lekain
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film is an adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel about the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. It follows scandal and intrigue at the French court just before the Revolution. The movie has a synchronized musical score but no spoken dialogue.

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What happens

The Queen's Necklace (French: Le collier de la reine) is a 1929 synchronized sound French historical drama film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Marcelle Chantal, Georges Lannes and Diana Karenne. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. 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. Like many films from the early sound era, the film was shot as a silent film and then was synchronized with a musical score and sound effect soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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