The only period comedy written by Noel Coward. France, 1736. Two distinguished families are celebrating the engagement of their children. The young couple are putting on a brave face, but neither is happy. Adrienne, daughter of the Compte, is secretly in love with her father's penniless secretary, while Miguel, the Duke's son, has lost his heart to a dancer in Paris. An unexpected visitor arrives on the scene.

The Marquise (1980)
09/07/1980 (GB)
12h 56m
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Diana Rigg
The Marquise Eloise

Richard Johnson
Count Raoul de Vriac

James Villiers
Duke Esteban
MC
Mary Chilton
Adrienne

Daniel Chatto
Miguel