Angélique et le sultan (1968)

Angélique et le sultan is a French adventure film first released in 1968, directed by Bernard Borderie.  The film is based on a novel by Anne Golon and Serge Golon and stars Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jacques Santi and Helmuth Schneider.  It has also been released under the title: Angelique and the Sultan.  Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.


No sooner has she been reunited with her husband, Jeoffrey de Peyrac, Angélique is kidnapped by an unscrupulous slave trader.  She and taken to Algiers where she is bought for the harem of the Sultan of Marocco.    Jeoffrey is determined to recover her at any cost…

The fifth and final instalment in the Angélique film saga is, despite some impressive production values, clearly the weakest.  It lacks the warm sentimentality of the earlier films and seems overly preoccupied with shocking its audience with scenes of graphic violence.  Michèle Mercier has far less to do in this film and the actress looks frankly fed up with the part, her performance lacking warmth and conviction.

Actions scenes are drawn out, the dialogue is generally weak, and the plot seems to drag, relying far too much on coincidence to be remotely credible.  The result is a very weak historical action film that, whilst beautifully filmed in parts, feels cold, remote and unengaging.   A disappointing end to an otherwise entertaining series of films.

© James Travers 2000

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