Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King (1922)

Original title

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

Directed by

Rudolf Meinert

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

German Reich, Germany

Runtime

2h 17m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film follows Marie Antoinette as queen of France before and during the French Revolution. It shows her life leading up to her execution.

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What happens

Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King (German: Marie Antoinette – Das Leben einer Königin) is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Diana Karenne, Maria Reisenhofer and Gustav May. The film depicts the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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