Product Details

• Actors: Michele Mercier, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey, Robert Hossein, Claude Giraud
• Directors: Bernard Borderie
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: French, English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: April 29, 2008
• Run Time: 518 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0013XZ6MU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,428 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Based on the best-selling French novels by Anne and Serge Golon that captured hearts worldwide, the ANGELIQUE films chronicle the life of an adventurous heroine in the Louis XIV era. Five classic film adaptations star the beautiful Michele Mercier and the dashing Robert Hossein as her husband and true love. A swashbuckling blend of action, intrigue and passion, the ANGELIQUE films seamlessly capture the amazing life of a French country girl whose quest for love and happiness leads her from the gutters of Paris to the Palaces Versailles. 3-Disc Set Includes: ANGELIQUE, ANGELIQUE: ROAD TO VERSAILLES, ANGELIQUE AND THE KING, UNTAMABLE ANGELIQUE, ANGELIQUE AND THE SULTAN

Customer Reviews

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1.33:1 ? NOT REALLY!!! , February 18, 2008

By	Eric R. Glasby (AUSTRALIA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The original fifteen or so written novels about the Courtesan Angelique were incredibly popular worldwide in the Fifties and Sixties and the series of five motion pictures were produced in the late 1960's as a joint French-Italian-German collaboration. - The huge input of talent, budget and production values oozes off the screen. No Computer gimmicks here - just sheer gloss, action and pleasure.
I purchased the French Box Set from Amazon UK some time back and the five films were beautifully presented in original DyaliScope (CinemaScope) with restored color and French language. All five Trailers were also included.
My five taped-off-TV in the late Seventies VHS copies still play well and are still very watchable (and in English language) but were naturally only standard screen cut-downs.
If a further updated set is not in Widescreen then why bother? The French Set is worth Ten Stars and the vision supersedes any problems with not understanding the dialogue!
However, for those who have never seen these five brilliant and extremely entertaining movies, I urge anyone to buy this Box Set just to have these Classics in your Home Library.
And yes, the haunting Music Score by Michel Magne is truly wonderful - I was lucky to obtain the overseas pressing of the priceless LP at a Collectibles Fair a few years ago.
These five movies are Gems and have given me many repeated hours of pleasure over the years since 1978 both on VHS and the recent French DVD copies - several times the five have been watched in tandem - they are that entertaining.
And Michelle Mercier - a truly beautiful Actress from the late Sixties era when the films were made, who was ideally cast in the title role. Her husband is played by Robert Hussein who gives an equally lifelike performance in all five films.
My favourite is ANGELIQUE AND THE SULTAN.

HAPPY VIEWING - TAKE THE PLUNGE WITH THIS SET OF ANGELIQUE DVD's - YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Widescreen not Full Screen, May 21, 2008

By	Hector C. Hernandez (Tepepan, Xochimilco Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The movies are in Widescreen and in both French and English dubbed versions. The transfers are the best you can get, as with all Lionsgate products.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Journey Continues, March 6, 2008

By	Linda A. Fink "A Friend of Angelique" (New York USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As Eric Glasby urges anyone to buy this box set just to have these "Classics" in your home Library, I agree whole heartily; for Angelique is indeed a "Classic". Like the movies lovers who have viewed this Classic in tandem and have received hours of pleasure so have the readers of Angelique. The Angelique books proved an international success of gigantic proportions. Estimates of the total number of Angelique books sold worldwide are upwards of 150 million, and they have been translated and published in at least 63 countries, by at least 320 different publishers, in over 20 different languages. Given these numbers, there are only a small percentage of readers who are aware there is indeed an end to the series of Angelique. There are 3 more volumes that have never been translated and Anne Golon is striving to finish the end to Angelique's journey. There are millions of people that have read the Angelique series who are unaware that the story continues let alone they have been deprived of the knowing the story in its full context.
I urge anyone to visit: [e-mail] and http://www.worldofangelique.com/ to learn the "rest of the story".
Happy Viewing, take the plunge. To quote Joffrey de Peyrac, as he and Angelique sailed to the shore of Quebec "Let the Journey begin".