Marvelous Angelique (Merveilleuse Angélique)

Bernard Borderie's 1965 film Marvelous Angelique (Merveilleuse Angélique in French) is a historical adventure with a romantic core. It continues the story of Angélique, Marquise des Anges and is the second of five films drawn from Anne and Serge Golon's Angélique novels. Shot in French, it is a co-production of France, Italy and West Germany. In Russia it is known as Anzhelika v gneve, and it adapts the second book of the cycle, The Road to Versailles.

The cast is led by Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein and Jean Rochefort, with Jacques Toja, Sami Frey, Estella Blain, Fred Williams, Michel Galabru, Jacques Hilling, Charles Régnier and Claire Maurier in support. The story unfolds amid the splendour of 17th-century France and keeps up the costume-drama spirit of the series. Francis Cosne and Raymond Borderie produced it.

Alongside Borderie, Alain Decaux and Daniel Boulanger worked on the screenplay, and Michel Magne composed the score. The film was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and Cinecittà in Rome, with location work at Versailles. René Moulaert was the art director who designed the sets. It runs about 105 minutes.