Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Catherine de Médicis, celebrates her wedding with Henri de Navarre. Officially, it's a rapprochement between the League and the Huguenots. In fact, it was an opportunity to bring all the Huguenots to Paris and kill them all at once. King Charles IX fails in his attempt on Coligny's life. Queen Margot tries to save her husband from the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre by preventing the annulment of his marriage, forcing Henri to share her bed. Two knights from opposing camps are wounded and, saved în extremis, are hidden together by the queen and her cousin. Margot falls in love with one of them, but has to run to warn her husband of a new attack and cannot prevent the two knights from being beheaded.
Jeanne Moreau
Armando Francioli
Robert Porte
Henri Génès
Françoise Rosay
André Versini
Fiorella Mari
Daniel Ceccaldi
Patrizia Lari
Nicole Riche
Louis Arbessier
Guy Kerner
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Jean Témerson
Olivier Mathot
Jean Lanier
Robert Moor
Jacques Eyser
Vittorio Sanipoli
René Blancard
Jean-Marie Bon
Jacques Bézard
André Collombet
Jean Duval
Guy Saint-Clair