The Devil's Crown - TV Series 1978 | If All the World Were Mine (Episode 1)

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The Devil's Crown is a 1978 BBC television show written by Jack Russell and Ken Taylor. Directed by Alan Cooke, Jane Howell and Ronald Wilson. It is also known as "La Couronne du Diable" in French. The series was written by Jack Russell and Ken Taylor. It is a dramatisation of the reigns of three medieval Kings of England: Henry II and his sons Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland.

Episode 1: Legend has it that the Plantagenets were descended from the Devil himself - a curse which does not deter the youthful Henry.

Brian Cox as Henry II of England
Jane Lapotaire as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Michael Byrne as Richard I of England
John Duttine as John, King of England
Christopher Gable as Philip II of France
Ralph Arliss as Geoffrey, Count of Nantes
Charles Kay as Louis VII of France
Jack Shepherd as Thomas Becket
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170908/?ref_=tt_urv

This is the French release, "La Couronne du Diable", which is the only copy available.

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