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The Rose of Versailles - Fersen and Marie Antoinette -
8.0 / 10• 2014• 2h 35m•NR• Japanese
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Storyline
Takarazuka Flower Troupe 2014 Chunichi Theater production. In 1770, Princess Marie-Antoinette of the House of Hapsburg, youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, marries at the age of fourteen, Prince Louis (future Louis XVI) of the House of Bourbon, eldest grandson of King Louis XV of France. In anxiety over some childishness still lingering in Marie-Antoinette, Empress Maria Theresa sends over to France her confidant, Count of Mercy-Argenteau, on the mission to tutor Marie-Antoinette to grow up to be a beloved queen of the French people.
Cast & Crew
Rio Asumi
Hans Axel von Fersen
Lead
Ranno Hana
Marie-Antoinette
Toa Serika
Oscar François de Jarjayes
Fuuto Nozomi
Andre Grandier
Ema Naoki
Count de Mercy-Argenteau
TM
Takashou Mizuki
Louis XVI
Ayase Senna
Madame Morou / Sylvia
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Masasumi Tani's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Rose of Versailles - Fersen and Marie Antoinette - is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
