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She brought beauty and poise to the screen while she hobnobbed with mobsters in Johnny Eager, plotted murder in The Postman Always Rings Twice and helped expose the Hollywood dream factory in The Bad and the Beautiful. Renowned for steamy melodramas, Lana Turner rarely starred in lavish costume dramas. But Diane was an exception that showcased her beauty and poise amid the finery of Renaissance France.
Turner plays Diane de Poitiers in this historical romance, her last film under contract to MGM. The story begins in the mid-1500s. A marriage between France’s Prince Henri (Roger Moore) and Italy’s Catherine de Medici (Marisa Pavan) has the potential to establish peace, so Diane is asked to tutor Henri in the ways of a courtier.
Fencing and etiquette are part of the instruction—falling in love is not. Diane and Henri begin an affair that continues despite the royal union…and precipitates a Medici plot to wrest control of France.
Original Release
01/12/1956
US Release
01/12/1956
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Lana Turner | Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze |
Pedro Armendariz | King Francis I |
Roger Moore | Prince Henri |
Marisa Pavan | Catherine de Medici |
Cedric Hardwicke | Ruggieri |
Torin Thatcher | Louis - Count de Breze |
Taina Elg | Alys |
John Lupton | Regnault |
Henry Daniell | Gondi |
Ronald Green | The Dauphin |
Directors
Writers
John Erskine, Christopher Isherwood
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lana Turner | Diane de Poitiers - Countess de Breze |
Pedro Armendariz | King Francis I |
Roger Moore | Prince Henri |
Marisa Pavan | Catherine de Medici |
Cedric Hardwicke | Ruggieri |
Torin Thatcher | Louis - Count de Breze |
Taina Elg | Alys |
John Lupton | Regnault |
Henry Daniell | Gondi |
Ronald Green | The Dauphin |
Sean McClory | Count Michel Montgomery |
Geoffrey Toone | Duke of Savoy |
Michael Ansara | Count Ridolfi |
Paul Cavanagh | Lord Bonnivet |
Melville Cooper | 1st Court Physician |
Ian Wolfe | Lord Tremouille |
Basil Ruysdael | Chamberlain |
Christopher Dark | Giancarlo |
Marc Cavell | Piero |
Gene Reynolds | Montecuculli |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Edwin H. Knopf | Producer |