Under the Red Robe
1923 · Alan Crosland · 100 min
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.
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.
Robert B. MantellCardinal Richelieu
Alma RubensRenee de Cocheforet
Otto KrugerHenri de Cocheforet
John Charles ThomasGil De Berault
William PowellDuke of Orleans
Mary MacLarenAnne of Austria
Gustav von SeyffertitzClom
Paul PanzerFrench Army Lieutenant
Charles JudelsAntoineIan MaclarenKing Louis XIIIGenevieve HamperDuchesse de Chevreuse
Sidney HerbertFather Joseph
Arthur HousmanCaptain La Rolle
George NashJulesEvelyn GosnellMadame de Cocheforet
