The Queen's Necklace (2001)
| Movie | |
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| German title | The queen's collar |
| Original title | The Affair of the Necklace |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Charles Shyer |
| script | John Sweet |
| production |
Broderick Johnson Andrew A. Kosove Redmond Morris Charles Shyer |
| music | David Newman |
| camera | Ashley Rowe |
| cut | David Moritz |
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The Affair of the Necklace (The Affair of the Necklace) is an American film drama from the year 2001 . Directed by Charles Shyer and written by John Sweet . The film revolves around the collar affair , a fraud scandal at the French court in 1785/1786.
action
In 1767, the young Jeanne St. Remy de Valois saw her father murdered by the king's troops, as he was considered an agitator in parliament. The family seat is taken from the Valois' and Jeanne's mother dies a short time later. Since then, Jeanne has endeavored to restore the name Valois and get the castle back to the family. In 1784 Jeanne is married to the womanizer Count Nicolas De La Motte, but she was looking for a man with a title. Since then, she has tried in vain to have an audience with Queen Marie Antoinette . In the unconventional attempt to get the queen's attention through a sudden faint, Jeanne met the young Rétaux de Vilette, who is popular as a gigolo at court and, as the son of a noble prostitute, learned courtly manners from her suitors. He introduces Jeanne to court etiquette and arranges an audience for her with a minister, who describes the recovery of the family property as impossible. Jeanne is desperate, but Rétaux opens up an indirect route to her goal.
He reveals to her the network of sympathy and antipathy at court, so Cardinal Louis de Rohan wanted to succeed Prime Minister Richelieu at all costs , but the queen could not stand him, since Rohan had led a dissolute life, among other things, allegedly with her mother. For her plan to get her goods back, Jeanne again needs money and thus a patron. Both decide to let Rohan become their patron. Jeanne can convince him that she has the trust of the queen and that she and Rohan can reach a reconciliation. As a result, a lively correspondence develops between Rohan and the supposed queen - Jeanne forges her letters on the queen's stationery smuggled out of the palace. Jeanne is soon not only supported by her husband, but also by the fortune teller Alessandro Cagliostro , whose lies Jeanne has seen through. He wants to increase his influence in France and supports Jeanne with oracles that positively evaluate her actions towards Rohan. The two jewelers Böhmer and Bassenge also learn about Jeanne's influence on Marie Antoinette, who long ago made a valuable necklace from numerous diamonds that is almost priceless, but which they assumed the Queen would buy. When she refused, both faced ruin. Now they hope that Jeanne can convince the queen to buy.
Jeanne persuades Rohan to buy the necklace for Marie Antoinette, as the tense situation in Paris means that she can hardly buy such a piece of jewelry herself. Rohan acts as guarantor for the necklace with around one million Louis d'or . In order to convince himself of the queen's favor, he insists on a meeting with Marie Antoinette. Jeanne arranges one with an actress who looks very similar to the queen. Rohan now acts as guarantor for the necklace. Some time later, Jeanne had this collected from him by the supposed royal messenger Rétaux. With the proceeds of individual diamonds from the necklace, Jeanne can buy back her family property. She hopes to be able to solve the trap easily: She tells Bassenge that the queen does not want to buy the necklace and that Rohan has been tricked. She hopes that Rohan will pay the necklace in order to avoid a scandal, but Bassenge is seen by the Queen's Court Marshal on the way to Rohan. He had written the queen a letter thanking the queen for buying the necklace. Bassenge now tells the whole case and Rohan is called to the royal couple. He believes he will be appointed Prime Minister, but is instead approached about the background to the Collier. The king regards his indirect personalities towards the queen as an affront. Rohan is imprisoned. Jeanne, in turn, realizes that she will soon be arrested. Nicolas and Rétaux flee at their request. The necklace affair is now public and although the Queen is innocent, it is directly linked to the purchase of the necklace and the affair with Rohan among the people. The long process in turn ends with an acquittal for Cagliostro and Rohan and Rétaux's banishment as well as the public flogging and branding of Jeanne's thief. The affair sparked the French Revolution and ended with Marie Antoinette's beheading. Jeanne in turn managed to escape from prison after two years. She goes to England, where she publishes her memoirs and for the first time experiences a real interest in her person.
production
The film was shot in Paris , Versailles and other locations in France and the Czech Republic . The film premiered on November 20, 2001 in the USA and was subsequently shown in selected cinemas in the USA. He brought in around 430,000 US dollars . In Spain there were around 100,000 moviegoers. In Germany, the film was released directly on DVD in January 2004 and ran on German television for the first time on January 15, 2010.
Reviews
Kirk Honeycutt wrote in The Hollywood Reporter on November 26, 2001 that the film describes events that are familiar to every student in France but are foreign to most Americans. The role they played in bringing about the French Revolution makes them compelling. However, the film contains "almost too many scenes with talking heads in opulent rooms". It is only entertaining enough as a history lesson. Swank played a smart woman; she looks sexy and at times funny.
Claudia Puig wrote in USA Today on November 29, 2001, the lush-looking film “trudged laboriously”. He couldn't get more than a shrug from the moviegoers of the 21st century.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film reveled "in its opulent equipment", but "is only able to entertain within limits". The plot was "somewhat constructed" and brought "a high degree of sympathy towards its main character, without realizing that she was essentially a cunning intriguer of a highly dubious reputation".
Awards
Milena Canonero was nominated for an Oscar in 2002 for Best Costume Design ; she was also nominated for the 2002 Golden Satellite Award .
Web links
- The Affair of the Necklace in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Affair of the Necklace at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Affair of the Necklace at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for The Queen's Collar . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2003 (PDF; test number: 96 108 V / DVD).
- ^ Filming locations for The Affair of the Necklace, accessed August 9, 2010
- ^ Box office / business for The Affair of the Necklace, accessed August 9, 2010
- ^ Film review by Claudia Puig, accessed on August 9, 2010
- ↑ The Queen's Collar. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 6, 2017 .