Les Perles de la Couronne
1937, Comedy, 1h 58m
9 Reviews Fewer than 50 RatingsYou might also like
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Cast & Crew
Jean Martin, François I, Barras, Napoleon III
Françoise Martin, Mary Queen of Scots, Josephine
Queen Mary Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria
Pope Clement VII
Clouet
Catherine de Medicis
Critic Reviews for Les Perles de la Couronne
All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9)
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Irresistibly effervescent dialogue, a sprightly 'modern' visual style -- one could go on forever about a film that comes to an end all too soon.
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A zany fusion of historical fantasy.
January 1, 2000 | Full Review… -
The sheer personality and energy of this 1937 film transcends linguistic barriers.
January 1, 2000 | Full Review… -
...a fantastical flight of fancy, burdened not by the weight of authentic history but leavened with the playfulness of one of French cinema's greatest boulevardiers.
April 19, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… -
Written, directed, and principally acted by. one Sacha Guitry, the whole affair is a tribute to his genius and versatility.
October 30, 2019 | Full Review… -
... an antricately cut gem, an epic in miniature with a whimsical sensibility.
November 18, 2010 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Les Perles de la Couronne
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Nov 24, 2011"Pearls of the Crown" starts with Jean Martin(Sacha Guitry, who also co-wrote and directed) in the process of telling his wife Francoise(Jacqueline Delubac) about seven pearls and their history. At the same time, the story is being told in Rome and London. The action opens in 1518 with the almost simultaneous births of the French Dauphin and Catherine de Medici, the latter of whom is almost immediately orphaned after her birth, leaving her in the care of her uncle, Pope Clement VII(Ermete Zacconi), who not wanting to have anything to do with a baby, sends her to the care of a monastery. Eight years later, the Dauphin's father, King Francis I of France(Sacha Guitry) thinks it is about time he should get married and arranges a marriage for him with Catherine de Medici. As time goes on, Clement notices her handlers taking an interest in her, so he promotes one to Cardinal(I'll behave myself for once and not say anything) while sending the other on a quest for perfect pearls... ...and that's not the half of it as the second part of the movie consists of a mystery after Martin's story has been concluded. Overall, the effect of watching "Pearls of the Crown" is sort of like having 400 years of European history directly downloaded into your brain, albeit in a totally delightful fashion.(Oh where have you been films of Sacha Guitry all my filmgoing life?) All of which feels fresh, even with Tudor England having been done to death recently. But then I do not really think it is history that Guitry is after but romance and how it has played out over the centuries from the ruling class(including Abyssynia) to the poor.Walter M Super Reviewer
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