Main Cast: Conrad Veidt, Annabella, Raymond Massey, Romney Brent, Sophie Stewart
Release Year: 1936
Country: UK
Run Time: 82 minutes
Plot
Famed Swedish director Victor Sjostrom was coaxed out of retirement to direct his final film, Under the Red Robe, a swashbuckling adventure that takes place in the France of Louis XIII. Conrad Veidt stars as Gil de Berault, quick with his sword yet set for execution. But right before his sentence is carried out, Cardinal Richelieu (Raymond Massey) offers a stay of execution if Gil will find and kill a duke suspected of leading the revolutionary antimonarchist Huguenots. Gil tracks the duke to a castle, sneaks into the guarded fortress, and ends up falling in love with the duke's sister, Lady Marguerite (Anabella). Gil now has to save the duke without bringing about his own execution. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Wyndham Goldie - Edmond; Lawrence Grant - Father Joseph; Shayle Gardner - Louis; Edie Martin - Maria; Haddon Mason - Count Rossignac; J. Fisher White - Baron Breteuil; Graham [Ben] Soutten - Leval; Anthony Eustrel - Lt. Brissac; Des Roberts - Capt. Rivarolle; Ralph Truman - Captain at Castle; Eric Hales - Lieutenant at Castle; Helen Mack; Jim Regan - Jean
Credit
Rene Hubert - Costume Designer, Victor Sjöström - Director, James B. Clark - Editor, Arthur Benjamin - Composer (Music Score), Muir Mathieson - Musical Direction/Supervision, James Wong Howe - Cinematographer, Georges Périnal - Cinematographer, Robert Kane - Producer, Arthur Wimperis - Screenwriter, Lajos Biró - Screenwriter, Philip Lindsay - Screenwriter, Stanley J. Weyman - Book Author, Edward Rose - Play Author
