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The King's Whore is a British film of genre Drama directed by Axel Corti with Timothy Dalton
The King's Whore (1990)
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Add to a movie listThe King's Whore (French: La putain du roi, Italian: La puttana del re) is a 1990 drama film directed by Axel Corti and starring Timothy Dalton. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
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Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.Actors
Timothy Dalton
(King Vittorio Amadeo)
Valeria Golino
(Jeanne de Luynes)
Stéphane Freiss
(Comte di Verua)
Robin Renucci
(Charles de Luynes)
Margaret Tyzack
(La Comtesse douairière)
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