Shadow of the Guillotine

While Louis XV is dying, the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette, seduces a Swedish officer, Axel de Fersen, which pains her husband, the new King Louis XVI, who will know how to be generous when he learns of this deception.

Director

Jean Delannoy

Writer

Jean Delannoy, Philippe Erlanger, Bernard Zimmer

Released

27 Apr 1956

Country

France, Italy

Awards

1 nomination