Marie Antoinette
2003
Directed by Gabriela Wengler
Customer: ZDF/ARTE
Documentary about the life of the last French queen. Hatred and love of a Queen – The Queen’s death- Mortal intrigue- Mortal betrayal – The Queen’s check. The flags of revolution are waving in France. In a historical and unique triumphal procession a nation is fighting for its rights. These happenings will forever be annealed into the consciousness of world history. Until now, it is hardly known that in the most critical moment of upheaving, a young Austrian female had pulled the strings, which might possibly have turned history to a completely different direction: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. Her tactically perfect acting, her hidden double-crossing on the brink of death are still secrets of history. Archives open their doors and reveal dramatic certificates of a betrayal in long detained files. Marie Antoinette – an example of a falling monarchy and at the same time a myth full of glamour and heroism.
