Released:
1939-04-20

Overview:
The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.

Director:
Marcel L'Herbier

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
History, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Victor Francen
  as
  Edouard VII, Prince and King
• 
  Bernard Lancret
  as
  Jean Roussel
• 
  Pierre Richard-Willm
  as
  Capt. Charles Roussel
• 
  Janine Darcey
  as
  Sylvia Clayton
• 
  Gaby Morlay
  as
  Queen Victoria