Under the Red Robe (1937) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1937 · 80 mins · English

Directed by

Victor Sjöström

Starring

Raymond Massey, Lawrence Grant, Sophie Stewart, Annabella, Conrad Veidt, Romney Brent

Gil de Berault, a famed swordsman, escapes execution when Cardinal Richelieu offers a pardon in exchange for capturing a rebel duke threatening the crown. Though dueling is now outlawed and punishable by death, Gil defies the law, infiltrates the duke’s castle and earns the household’s trust. His mission spirals when he falls for the duke’s sister, endangering both his loyalty and his chance at freedom.