The Eagle with Two Heads [SEP] director
The Eagle with Two Heads
The Eagle with Two Heads (French title L'Aigle à deux têtes) is a French film directed by Jean Cocteau released in 1948. It was adapted from his own play "L'Aigle à deux têtes" which was first staged in 1946, and it retained the principal actors from the first Paris production.
Synopsis.
On the 10th anniversary of the assassination of the king, his reclusive widow, the Queen, arrives to spend the night at the castle of Krantz. Stanislas, a young
.
Marais' second film with Cocteau as director was "The Eagle with Two Heads" (1948) with Edwige Feuillère. He did "To the Eyes of Memory" (1948) with Michele Morgan for director Jean Delannoy, a big commercial success, then "Les Parents Terribles" (1949) for Cocteau again.
Marais was reunited with Delannoy for "The Secret of Mayerling" (1949), about the Mayerling incident. He did "Orpheus" (1950) with Cocteau, which was soon regarded