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The Queen's Necklace (French: Le collier de la reine) is a 1929 French historical drama film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Marcelle Chantal, Georges Lannes and Diana Karenne.[1] The film is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel The Queen's Necklace which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution. The film's art direction was by Lucien Carré. The film was made and distributed by Gaumont. In Germany it was released by the major studio UFA.

The Queen's Necklace
Directed by	Tony Lekain Gaston Ravel
Written by	Alexandre Dumas (novel) Frantz Funck-Brentano
Starring	Marcelle Chantal Georges Lannes Diana Karenne
Cinematography	Jean Bachelet Gustavo Kottula Émile Pierre
Edited by	Kratach
Music by	Febvre-Longeray André Roubaud
Production company	Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont (France) UFA (Germany)
Release date	22 October 1929
Country	France
Language	French

It was shot as a silent film, with a music soundtrack then added later.

Cast

• Marcelle Chantal as La comtesse de la Motte
• Georges Lannes as Le cardinal de Rohan
• Diana Karenne as Marie-Antoinette / Oliva
• Jeanne Evrard as La princesse de Lamballe
• Jean Weber as Le chevalier Réteau de Villette
• Renée Parme as Madame Élisabeth
• Fernand Fabre as Le comte de La Motte
• Harry Harment as Louis XVI
• Odette Talazac as Madame de Misezy
• Jules Mondos as Le joaillier
• Gaston Mauger as Monsieur de Crosne
• Paul Sato as Toussaint de Beauvire
• Henri Lesieur as L'autre joaillier
• Ady Cresso as Madame Vigée-Lebrun
• Marc Dantzer
• Jean Fay
• Marco Monti
• Gilberte Savary
• Emilio Vardannes

References

Bibliography

• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland, 2002.

External links

• The Queen's Necklace at IMDb

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