Angelique and the Sultan
Short description
Angélique de Peyrac is taken captive in a North African Muslim kingdom and placed in the Sultan's harem. She refuses to submit to him and is punished for it, while holding on to the hope of being reunited with her husband, Joffrey de Peyrac. Two Christian prisoners help her escape, but she is pursued across the desert by the Sultan's men, and Joffrey is meanwhile searching for her.
Bernard Borderie directed the film from a screenplay he wrote with Francis Cosne. It is the fifth entry in the series of Angélique films, following Angelique, Angelique: The Road to Versailles and Untamable Angelique, and the fourth of them he directed. Michèle Mercier returns as Angelique, with Robert Hossein as Joffrey. Jean-Claude Pascal appears as Osman Ferradji, alongside Jacques Santi, Helmuth Schneider and Roger Pigaut among a credited cast of twenty-four. The production was a French, Italian and German co-production, and the film runs 105 minutes.
Released in March 1968, the film took in about 3 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.3 out of 10 from roughly 1,800 votes, and on TMDB a rating of 6.4 out of 10 from around 124 votes, indicating a modest but steady level of interest rather than wide acclaim.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film crew was received by the first President of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba himself.
- The film is an adaptation of two books from the series of novels about Angélique by Anne and Serge Golon: “Indomitable Angélique” (final chapters) and the chapter of the same name, “Angélique and the Sultan,” from the book “Rebellious Angélique” (also: “The Defiant Angélique”/“Angélique in Revolt”/“The Rebel of Poitou”).
- The actress who played the role of the Sultan's main wife, Leila, Vilma Lindamar, and the actor who played the Sultan, Ali Ben Ayed, were actually married in real life.
- Many scenes of the film were shot in Tunisia, for example, in the city of Sidi Bou Said, particularly in the palace of Baron Rudolf d'Erlange, around the Ribat in the city of Monastir, in the amphitheater of El Jem, in the Gulf of La Marsa, and so on.
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