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1000 · 190 mins · English
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Directed by
Philippe Monnier
Starring
John Mills, Anna Massey, Karl Johnson, James Wilby, John Woodvine, Alfred Lynch

Two identical men—one a displaced French aristocrat turned revolutionary, the other an embittered English solicitor—both become enamored with the same French woman. Their intertwined fates unfold amid the violent upheaval of the French Revolution, testing love, loyalty, and destiny.

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