The Pearls of the Crown

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The Pearls of the Crown

1937

1h 40m

6.2(18 votes)

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Overview

The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.

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41 members

Directing

Sacha Guitry

Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras / Napoléon III

Acting

Jacqueline Delubac

Françoise Martin / Marie Stuart / Joséphine de Beauharnais

Acting

Lyn Harding

John Russell / Henry VIII

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Renée Saint-Cyr

Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne

Acting

Enrico Glori

Signor Ribaldi

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Ernete Zacconi

Le pape Clement VII

Acting

Barbara Shaw

Anne Boleyn

Acting

Marguerite Moreno

Catherine de Medicis (1860) / L'impératrice Eugénie âgée (1914)

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Arletty

La reine abyssine

Acting

Marcel Dalio

Le prêtre

Acting

Claude Dauphin

Le prisonnier Italien en Abyssinie

Acting

Robert Seller

Le prisonnier Français en Abyssinie

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Ponzio

Un ouvrier chantant

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Acting

Andrews Engelmann

James - le voleur

Acting

Yvette Pienne

La reine Marie Tudor / La reine Elizabeth I

Acting

Raimu

L'industriel du midi

Acting

Lisette Lanvin

La petite femme / La reine Victoria jeune

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Pierre Juvenet

L'expert

Acting

Henri Crémieux

Le commissaire-priseur

Acting

Aimé Simon-Girard

Le roi Henry IV

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Germaine Aussey

Gabrielle d'Estrées

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Simone Renant

Madame Du Barry

Acting

Damia

Une femme du peuple

Acting

Di Mazzei

Un sans-culotte

Acting

Jean-Louis Barrault

Bonaparte jeune

Acting

Robert Pizani

Monsieur de Talleyrand

Acting

Émile Drain

L'empereur Napoléon Ier (1815)

Acting

Huguette Duflos

La reine Hortense

Acting

Raymonde Allain

L'impératrice Eugénie (1865)

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Violet Farebrother

Une vieille lady

Acting

Rosine Deréan

La jeune fille / Catherine d'Aragon

Acting

Marie Leconte

La femme éplorée

Acting

Pierre Magnier

Le vieux seigneur Français

Acting

Cécile Sorel

La Française du Grand Siècle

Acting

Lilie Granval

La soprano

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Acting

Jean Coquelin

Le vieux bourgeois

Acting

Gaston Dubosc

Le grand-duc

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Pauline Carton

La femme de chambre

Acting

Georges Fels

Unknown Role

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Acting

Humberto Catalano

Spanelli (uncredited)

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Marfa d'Hervilly

la danseuse agée

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