Mary Queen of Scots: The Red Queen (2014)

두 여왕이 공존할 수 있을까? 스코틀랜드 여왕 메리와 잉글랜드 여왕 엘리자베스. 한쪽은 가톨릭교, 한쪽은 개신교. 한쪽은 세 번의 결혼을, 한쪽은 국가와의 결혼을 했다. 강한 두 여성이 맞붙었다. 하나의 종교, 하나의 왕관을 위해.

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over it. The executioner lifts his axe ready to bring it down. After that frame Mary has been replaced by a dummy. The axe comes down and severs the head of the dummy from the body. The executioner picks up the head and shows it around for everyone else to see. One of the first camera tricks to be used in a movie.

The life and death of the Scottish monarch.

A dramatisation based on the exchange of letters between Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin Elizabeth I, detailing the hatred and obsession in their bitter rivalry. Expert historians examine and interpret the royals' motives for the animosity that lasted more than two decades, and which threatened to tear apart the reigning monarch and her kingdom.

역사학자인 장 마르탱이 젊은 아내 프랑수아즈에게 7개의 진귀한 진주로 만들어진 목걸이에 관한 이야기를 들려준다. 그 진주 목걸이는 원래 교황 클레멘스 7세가 조카딸인 메디치 가문의 카트린에게 주었던 것이다. 그런데 7개의 진주 중 4개는 영국 엘리자베스 1세의 손에 들어가 영국 왕실의 왕관을 장식하게 되었다. 하지만 나머지 진주는 행방이 묘연하다. 장은 사라진 3개의 진주를 찾으려 애쓴다. 역사적 사실을 교묘히 활용한 흥미진진한 이야기. 사샤 기트리를 비롯한 배우들은 1인 다역으로 활약한다. ⓒ Gaumont(France)/(재)영화의전당 1937 베니스영화제 외국어영화 각본상

There are few women in history to have truly stood the test of time but the romance surrounding the ill-fated Mary Queen of Scots has ensured that her story lives on to intrigue and fascinate each new generation.

The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.