In the first of the Angélique series, the beautiful feisty teenage heroine becomes entangled in a political assassination plot and is betrothed to a stranger who is twelve years her senior and a reputed sorcerer.
In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique (Michèle Mercier) marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac (Robert Hossein) out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she bravely sets out to find him. This is the first of many dramas based on Anne and Serge Golon's novels about strong-willed Angélique and her adventures during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King.
A wet shirt clings to a woman's figure.
A man unlaces and removes the last layer of clothing from a woman. Her figure is obscured by the fully clothed man standing next to her, but partial rear nudity is visible. The couple is interrupted and the nude woman quickly leaves the room.
A woman asks a man to make love to her. They kiss before being interrupted.
A woman is prepared for a bath. A maid removes her dress. She is seen from the waist up with only her arms crossed across her chest. Her fully nude figure is obscured by a curtain as she enters the bath.
From a distance a group is seen dancing around a fire. One of the women is topless.
A man wipes mud off of a statue of a naked woman. It is not explicit but meant to be sensual.
A married couple kisses while lying in bed; sensual, but nothing explicit shown.
A woman lies naked on her stomach. The curtain of the four poster bed hides rear nudity.
Rape is threatened and attempted on a few occasions.
In one scene a woman is knocked unconscious, and the man proceeds to kiss her chest and cleavage while pulling the neckline of her dress down. The scene fades to black.
violence
Various chase scenes, sword fights, and gun play are featured--although the results are little to no blood.
Some dead bodies and mildly bloody wounds are shown.
A man is killed in a duel.
A woman is attacked and killed off screen.
A woman is knocked unconscious by a punch.
