Queen Margot () is a Russian television series directed by Alexander Muratov. A film adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas, filmed in 1994–1995,Никита Карцев. Алексей Горбунов: «Дюма я обязан жизнью» // Московский комсомолец (2010)Юлия Гирба. Зачем тебе это надо, Жигунов // Коммерсантъ (1996) it premiered on television in the fall of 1996 on Russia 1.«Королева Марго»: как выглядят герои любимого сериала спустя 20 лет (2016)
Plot In order to cement another ephemeral peace between Catholics and Protestant Huguenots of France, on August 18, 1572, King Charles IX's sister Margaret was married to one of the Huguenot leaders, Henry de Bourbon, King of Navarre, her second cousin, the Prince of the Blood.
Her wedding, celebrated in Paris with great pomp, ended on St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. During a massacre, Margot accidentally saves a wounded Protestant nobleman and falls in love with him.
Episodes Book of Fates St. Bartholomew's Day Bloody Mass Woe to the Vanquished Heavenly Love, Earthly Love Duel Hangman's Handshake Cherry Velvet Cloak Royal Hounds Unroyal Happiness Sons of the She-Wolf Rope-ladder Lucky La Mole Friday the Thirteenth Honor of the House of Valois Vincennes Castle Spanish Boots Ashes
Cast Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya as Margaret of Valois, Queen Margot (voiced by Natalya Kaznacheeva) Dmitry Pevtsov as Henry of Navarre Mikhail Yefremov as Charles IX (voiced by Vladimir Yeryomin) Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Catherine de' Medici Dmitry Kharatyan as Joseph Boniface de La Môle (voiced by Aleksey Ivashchenko) Sergey Zhigunov as Annibal de Coconnas Sergei Yursky as Master Rene, astrologer Boris Klyuyev as Henry I, Duke of Guise Nikolai Karachentsov as De Mooi Mikhail Boyarsky as Morvel Vera Sotnikova as Henriette of Cleves (voiced by Anna Kamenkova) Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Kabosh, executioner Yevgeniya Glushenko as Madelon, nurse of Charles IX Vladimir Ilyin as La Hurière Olga Drozdova as Charlotte de Sauve Vsevolod Larionov as Gaspard II de Coligny Olga Kabo as Marie Touchet Boris Shcherbakov as Bam Aleksey Buldakov as judge Igor Yasulovich as Prosecutor Lyagel Alexey Sheynin as Commandant Baron de Nance Boris Romanov as Ambroise Paré Maria Vinogradova as Kabosh's wife Aleksandr Domogarov as Louis de Clermont, seigneur de Bussy Yevgeny Dvorzhetsky as Henry III of France Vladimir Yeryomin as Monsieur de Pigny
Film crew
Director: Alexander Muratov Producers: Sergey Zhigunov, Elena Samagina Screenwriter: Marina Mareeva Cinematographers: Oleg Martynov, Pavel Nebera Composer: Eugen Doga Designer: Viktor Yushin Costume Designer: Natalia Polye Montage: Eleanor Praksina, Valery Todorovsky, Natalia Kucherenko Director of Horse Tricks: Igor Novoselov
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