
138 minutes
11/14/1990
Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.

Timothy Dalton
as King Vittorio Amadeo

Valeria Golino
as Jeanne de Luynes

Stéphane Freiss
as Comte di Verua

Robin Renucci
as Charles de Luynes

Margaret Tyzack
as La Comtesse douairière

Eleanor David
as La Reine

Paul Crauchet
as Le Duc de Luynes

Leonardo Ruta
as Le Prince Vittorio

Federico Pacifici
as 1st Courtier

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
as Scaglia

Anna Bonaiuto
as Contessa Longhi

Caterina Vertova
as Contessa Bassani

Arnoldo Foà
as Primo Prete

Milly Corinaldi
as Nun

Luigi Bonos
as Secondo Prete

Ugo Fangareggi
as Medico

Robert Spafford
as William De Nassau

Friedrich von Thun
as Karl Von S.
Roberto Visconti
as Hunter

Venantino Venantini
as Luis De Arragon
Franco Valobra
as Duca D'Aosta

Elisabeth Kaza
as Contessa Trevi
Giampiero Tomasini
as Sergent

Dominique Marcas
as Cuoco

Marne Maitland
as Conte Trevi
Matteo Dondi
as Luchino
Amy Werba
as Heloise

William Berger
as Conte Longhi

Francesca Reggiani
as Marie Christine

Lea Padovani
as Contessa Cumiana

Stefano Molinari
as Spy

Paolo Paoloni
as Lacchè dei Longhi

Rosa Di Brigida
as Emilia
Salvatore Loriga
as Secondo Cortigiano