Untamable Angelique

Untamable Angelique
French film poster
Directed by	Bernard Borderie
Written by	Bernard Borderie Pascal Jardin Francis Cosne
Dialogue by	Pascal Jardin
Based on	Angelique and the Sultan by Anne and Serge Golon
Produced by	Francis Cosne François Chavane
Starring	Michèle Mercier Robert Hossein Roger Pigaut Bruno Dietrich Christian Rode
Cinematography	Henri Persin
Edited by	Christian Gaudin
Music by	Michel Magne
Production companies	Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique Films Borderie Francos Films Cinéphonic Gloria Film Fono Roma
Distributed by	S.N. Prodis (France) Gloria Film (West Germany) Euro International Films (Italy)
Release date	27 October 1967 (1967-10-27)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France West Germany Italy
Language	French
Box office	29.4 million tickets

Untamable Angelique (French: Indomptable Angélique) is a 1967 historical adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein and Roger Pigaut. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It was the fourth in the five film series based on the novels by Anne and Serge Golon.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.

Synopsis

After discovering that her first husband is still alive, Angélique travels to the South of France not knowing that he is now a notorious pirate. Captured by some slave traders she is taken to Crete where she is intended to be sold.

Main cast

• Michèle Mercier as Angélique de Peyrac
• Robert Hossein as Jeoffrey de Peyrac
• Roger Pigaut as Le Marquis d'Escrainville
• Christian Rode as Le Duc de Vivonne
• Ettore Manni as Jason
• Bruno Dietrich as Coriano
• Pasquale Martino as Savary
• Sieghardt Rupp as Millerand
• Poldo Bendandi as Angélique's buyer

Production

Michèle Mercier revealed that she got hurt during the gang rape scene: "Angelica is thrown into the hold where four prisoners are. They were inexperienced extras. They really rushed on me. I was terrified, I screamed. One of them hit me hard on the chest with his chain. For two years I had a lump in my breast. It was horrible!"

Box office

The film sold 4,610,585 tickets in France and Germany. It also sold 24.8 million tickets in the Soviet Union, for a worldwide total of 29,410,585 ticket sales.

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

• Untamable Angelique at IMDb