Marie Antoinette Queen of France ( and also known as Shadow of the Guillotine) is a 1956 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy who co-wrote the screenplay with Pierre Erlanger and Bernard Zimmer. The film stars Michèle Morgan and Richard Todd. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Jean Delannoy) at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast Michèle Morgan as Marie-Antoinette Richard Todd as le comte Axel de Fersen Jacques Morel as Louis XVI Aimé Clariond as Louis XV Jeanne Boitel as Mme Campan Guy Tréjan as La Fayette Marina Berti as a comtesse de Polignac Marcelle Arnold as Mme. Adélaïde Jane Marken as Mme Victoire Jacques Dufilho as Marat Daniel Ceccaldi as Drouet Madeleine Rousset as Mme de Tourzel Suzy Carrier as Mme Elisabeth Paul Bonifas as Herman Jacques Bergerac as le comte de Provence Edmond Beauchamp as Comte de Luxembourg Yves Brainville as Danton Anne Carrère as Mme Du Barry Daniel Ceccaldi as Drouet Jean Claudio as Fouquier-Tinville Anne Doat as Rosalie Jacques Eyser as Joad Claudio Gora as Kreutz Camille Guérini as Necker Jean Hébey as Marquis de Migennes Jacques Hilling as Duc de Brunswick Georges Lannes as d'Avaray Jacques Marin as Crieur de journaux Raphaël Patorni as Duc de Choiseul Michel Piccoli as Le Prêtre réfractaire Marcel Pérès as Simon Frédéric Valmain as Comte d'Artois Jean Vinci as Toulan Michel Piccoli as le prêtre Jacques Morlaine as Un officier André Chanu as Le Prêtre assermenté Georgette Anys as Une émeutière Pierre Moncorbier as Le greffier References Bibliography Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010. Zea, Zahra Tavassoli . Balzac Reframed: The Classical and Modern Faces of Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette. Springer Nature, 2019. External links Marie-Antoinette reine de France at Alice Cinema 1956 films Biographical films about Marie Antoinette French historical drama films Italian historical drama films 1950s French-language films 1950s historical drama films Films directed by Jean Delannoy 1956 drama films Films set in the 18th century Films set in Paris Films shot at Billancourt Studios Gaumont Film Company films 1950s French films 1950s Italian films