The Queen's Lover

The Queen's Lover

93 mins | Drama | Feb. 17, 1948

Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...

The Queen's Lover

93 mins | Drama | Feb. 17, 1948

The Queen's Lover
Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers
Original title Ruy Blas
Directors Pierre Billon
Writers Victor Hugo, Jean Cocteau

Cast

Danielle Darrieux

as La reine d'Espagne Marie de Neubourg

Jean Marais

as Ruy Blas / Don César de Bazan

Marcel Herrand

as Le marquis Don Salluste de Bazan

Gabrielle Dorziat

as la duchesse d'Albuquerque

Alexandre Rignault

as Goulatromba

Giovanni Grasso

as Don Gaspar Guritan

Paul Amiot

as Le marquis de Santa Cruz

Jone Salinas

as Casilda

Gilles Quéant

as Le duc d'Albe

Armand Lurville

as l'archevêque

Jacques Berlioz

as Un ministre

Charles Lemontier

as Le comte de Camporeal

Pierre Magnier

as Le marquis de Priego

Olivier Darrieux

as Petit rôle (uncredited)

Eddy Debray

as Un ministre (uncredited)

Allain Dhurtal

as Un ministre (uncredited)

Guy Favières

as Un ministre (uncredited)

Michel Flamme

as Petit rôle (uncredited)

Yves Massard

as Bit part (uncredited)

Rolla Norman

as Un ministre (uncredited)

Claude Serre

as L'écuyer du duc d'Albe (uncredited)

Gilles Watteaux

as Petit rôle (uncredited)