Under the Red Robe
“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.
6.0
1923
100 mins
Cast
Robert B. Mantell
Cardinal Richelieu
Alma Rubens
Renee de Cocheforet
Otto Kruger
Henri de Cocheforet
John Charles Thomas
Gil De Berault
William Powell
Duke of Orleans
Mary MacLaren
Anne of Austria
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Clom
Paul Panzer
French Army Lieutenant
Charles Judels
Antoine
Ian Maclaren
King Louis XIII
Genevieve Hamper
Duchesse de Chevreuse
Sidney Herbert
Father Joseph