Film
The King's Whore
France · Italy- Age rating
- 12
- Director
- Axel Corti
- Year
- 1990
A land ruled by the sword. A nation driven to war. A throne destroyed by passion.
Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
Top cast
Timothy Dalton
King Vittorio Amadeo
Valeria Golino
Jeanne de Luynes
Stéphane Freiss
Comte di Verua
Robin Renucci
Charles de Luynes
Margaret Tyzack
La Comtesse douairière
Eleanor David
La Reine
Paul Crauchet
Le Duc de Luynes
Leonardo Ruta
Le Prince Vittorio
Federico Pacifici
1st Courtier
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Scaglia
Anna Bonaiuto
Contessa Longhi
Caterina Vertova
Contessa Bassani
Arnoldo Foà
Primo Prete
Milly Corinaldi
Nun
Luigi Bonos
Secondo Prete
Ugo Fangareggi
Medico
Robert Spafford
William De Nassau
Friedrich von Thun
Karl Von S.
Directed by
Axel Corti
Written by
Frederic Raphael, Daniel Vigne, Axel Corti
Produced by
Wieland Schulz-Keil, Maurice Bernart