Les Amours de la reine %C3%89lisabeth

Les Amours de la reine lisabeth The Loves of Queen Elizabeth, Les Amours dElisabeth, Reine dAngleterre The Loves of Elizabeth, Queen of England or La reine lisabeth Queen Elizabeth is a 1912 short 4reel French silent film based on the love affair between Elizabeth I of England and the Earl of Essex. It was condensed from a play of the same name and directed by Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines. It was shot in Paris and starred Sarah Bernhardt as Elizabeth and Lou Tellegen as Essex. Bernhardt by then 68 she said of the film This is my last chance at immortality and Tellegen were already romantically involved, and this was their second film together.

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