Under the Red Robe
movie
The $1,500,000 Picture That makes you see, feel, actually live the tumultuous scenes of romance and intrigue screened from Stanley Weyman's thrilling masterpiece of the Old France and the great Cardinal Richelieu.
Released November 12, 1923
Overview
A young man is tasked by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu to capture one of the cardinal's enemies but falls in love with his target's sister. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.
Cast
Robert B. Mantell
as
Cardinal Richelieu
Alma Rubens
as
Renee de Cocheforet
Otto Kruger
as
Henri de Cocheforet
John Charles Thomas
as
Gil De Berault
William Powell
as
Duke of Orleans
Mary MacLaren
as
Anne of Austria
Gustav von Seyffertitz
as
Clom
Paul Panzer
as
French Army Lieutenant
Charles Judels
as
Antoine
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Ian Maclaren
as
King Louis XIII
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Genevieve Hamper
as
Duchesse de Chevreuse
Sidney Herbert
as
Father Joseph
Crew
Alan Crosland
as
Director
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Bayard Veiller
as
Writer
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Stanley J. Weyman
as
Novel
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William Frederick Peters
as
Original Music Composer
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Gilbert Warrenton
as
Director of Photography
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Harold Wenstrom
as
Director of Photography
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Joseph Urban
as
Art Direction
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Gretl Urban Thurlow
as
Costume Design