Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 6700 kbps | 4.1Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:21:00 | USA | Drama, History, Romance
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 6700 kbps | 4.1Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:21:00 | USA | Drama, History, Romance
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: George Arliss, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold, Cesar Romero, Douglass Dumbrille, Francis Lister, Halliwell Hobbes, Violet Kemble Cooper, Katharine Alexander, Robert Harrigan, Joseph R. Tozer, Lumsden Hare, Russell Hicks, Keith Hitchcock, Murray Kinnell, Herbert Bunston, Guy Bellis, Boyd Irwin, Leonard Mudie, David Clyde, Charles E. Evans, Reginald Sheffield, Frank Dunn, William Worthington, Pat Somerset, Leo McCabe, Gilbert Emery, Holmes Herbert, Lionel Belmore, Wilson Benge
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
The Vatican 1630 French feudal lords entreat the Pope to stop King Louis XIII (Edward Arnold) from signing an edict, crafted by the King's Secretary of State, Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal-duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac (George Arliss), that would strip the lords of their voting power and revenue. Meanwhile, back in France, Queen Marie (Violet Kemble Cooper) and Queen Anne (Katharine Alexander) plot with Huguenot Andre de Pons (Cesar Romero) to have Cardinal Richelieu removed from power–a political maneuver that almost works with the vacillating King until Richelieu emerges from a secret chamber and reasserts his quiet, diplomatic power. He easily refutes the charges that he took bribes to overlook taking lands in Normandy, and deflects criticism of taking tax money to build an even grander home than the King's by simply asserting he planned on giving the home to the King…when it's finally finished. Richelieu's goal through all of his maneuvering is clear: he wishes France to be united and strong, so as to thwart the Austro-Spanish Habsburg dynasty that threatens to overwhelm his weakened state. And the Cardinal will order the execution of anyone he deems a threat to that end. However, his resolve to live a political life over a religious one is shaken when he realizes his ward, Lenore (Maureen O'Sullivan), is in love with de Pons…who has just been sentenced to death by the Cardinal for de Pons efforts to thwart the feudal lords revenue edict. When the King takes a lusty interest in having Lenore take up residence at the palace, Richelieu knows what to do to save her. Will he have enough time, though, to enact his plot - before his enemies outwit him
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Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
