Angelique and the Sultan

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Angelique and the Sultan (French: Angélique et le Sultan) is a 1968 historical adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein and Jean-Claude Pascal. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It was the last entry in the five film series based on the novels by Anne and Serge Golon. A planned sixth film Angelique the Rebel was announced but never made.[2]

Angelique and the Sultan
Directed byBernard Borderie
Written byAnne Golon (novel)
Serge Golon (novel)
Bernard Borderie
Francis Cosne
Pascal Jardin
Louis Agotay
Produced byRaymond Borderie
François Chavane
Francis Cosne
StarringMichèle Mercier
Robert Hossein
Jean-Claude Pascal
CinematographyHenri Persin
Edited byChristian Gaudin
Music byMichel Magne
Production
companies
Cinéphonic Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Films Borderie
Fono Roma
Francos Films
Divina-Film
Distributed byGloria Film
S.N. Prodis
Release date
  • 13 March 1968 (1968-03-13)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
West Germany
LanguageFrench
Box office3,380,555 tickets[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.

Cast

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Production

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Michèle Mercier said that during the shooting in Tunisia, Habib Jr, the son of President Habib Bourgiba, came to attend the famous scene where she is whipped. "The last day of the shooting, he made give a party in my honor. Some young girls brought me a bellydancer's costume and said: 'The president's son wants you to dance with us tonight.' They try to put silver bracelets on my feet. They are so tight that it takes oil to make them slip off. The evening went well, but afterwards, once I was alone in my room, it was impossible to remove the bracelets. I had to sleep with them on. I kept them as a souvenir," Mercier said.[3]

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  1. ^ "Angélique et le Sultan (1968)". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. ^ Bergfelder p.262
  3. ^ "Angélique et le Roy (6Ter) Michèle Mercier : "Le producteur insistait pour que je me déshabille"". programme-television.org. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
  • Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.
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