The Eagle with Two Heads

The Eagle with Two Heads French title LAigle deux ttes is a French film directed by Jean Cocteau released in 1948. It was adapted from his own play LAigle deux ttes which was first staged in 1946, and it retained the principal actors from the first Paris production.

Cocteaus play was produced in Paris in 1946 and 1947, and his decision to make a prompt adaptation for the cinema allowed him to retain the principal actors who had enjoyed personal successes with their roles, especially Edwige Feuillre and Jean Marais. Cocteau declared his intention of following the threeact structure of the play closely, citing his admiration of the methods of Ernst Lubitsch, but he opened out some of the scenes into a wider variety of locations. Filming began in October 1947 at the Chteau de Vizille, and further shots were filmed at the Studio dpinay on the outskirts of Paris.Christian Brard supervised the art direction, and the sumptuous sets and costumes executed by Georges Wakhvitch and Marcel Escoffier respectively evoked a royal palace in an imaginary kingdom of 19th century middleEurope. Georges Auric expanded the music which he had written for the stage production into a full score for the film. ........

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