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The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 22, 1948

Original Title:
L'Aigle à deux têtes

Alternate Titles:
A Águia de Duas Cabeças
El águila de dos cabezas
Kaksoiskotka
Orzel dwuglowy
Águia de Duas Cabeças
İki başlı kartal

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
La Société des Films Sirius
Les Films Ariane

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 93

Overview from TheMovieDB

Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.

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Production

Art Direction:
Christian Bérard

Assistant Director:
Hervé Bromberger

Camera Operator:
Alain Douarinou

Cinematography:
Christian Matras

Costume Design:
Marcel Escoffier

Director:
Jean Cocteau

Editor:
Raymond Leboursier
Claude Ibéria

Makeup Artist:
Carmen Brel

Music:
Georges Auric

Producer:
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Georges Dancigers

Production Design:
Georges Wakhévitch

Production Manager:
Georges Dancigers

Sound:
René Longuet

Still Photographer:
Raymond Voinquel

Theatre Play:
Jean Cocteau

Unit Manager:
Maurice Hartwig

Writer:
Jean Cocteau

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