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Cardinal Richelieu

"Should CLERGYMEN Actively Participate in POLITICS?"

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

Top Cast

  • George Arliss

    George Arliss

    Cardinal Richelieu

  • Edward Arnold

    Edward Arnold

    Louis XIII

  • Maureen O'Sullivan

    Maureen O'Sullivan

    Lenore

  • Cesar Romero

    Cesar Romero

    Andre de Pons

  • Violet Kemble Cooper

    Violet Kemble Cooper

    Queen Marie

  • Katharine Alexander

    Katharine Alexander

    Queen Anne

  • Halliwell Hobbes

    Halliwell Hobbes

    Father Joseph

  • Francis Lister

    Francis Lister

    Gaston

  • Lumsden Hare

    Lumsden Hare

    Gustavus Adolphus - King of Sweden

Overview

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

Rating

7.3 / 10
6 Reviews
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Jun 19, 2022

    George Arliss is the eponymous red clergyman attempting to control 17th Century France. He is the first minister of the ineffectual Louis XIII and as such, is the object of pretty universal loathing from serfs and nobles alike. He is also, however, remarkably astute and thick-skinned, and will manoeuvre and scheme to advance the cause and safety of his nation. Sadly, though - even with all that to work with, neither director Rowland V. Lee, nor Arliss himself really deliver anything particularly exciting or intriguing. The plotting and counter-plotting is all just a bit shallow, the wordy dialogue neuters the characters quite effectively and the pace of the whole thing lurches rather than flows. It has grand set staging, but that seems to suggest it might make for a better play than a movie and although there are plenty of familiar faces propping him up - Cesar Romero, Edward Arnold and quite a jolly contribution from Maureen O'Sullivan, on the whole I was disappointed by this rather dry, procedural drama.

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