The Eagle with Two Heads

The Eagle with Two Heads
Directed byJean Cocteau
Screenplay byJean Cocteau
Based onL'Aigle à deux têtes
by Jean Cocteau
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChristian Matras
Edited by
Music byGeorges Auric
Production
companies
Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release dates
  • 22 September 1948 (1948-09-22) (France)
  • 18 December 1948 (1948-12-18) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office2,408,366 admissions (France)[1]

The Eagle with Two Heads (French title L'Aigle à deux têtes) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jean Cocteau. It was adapted from his own play L'Aigle à deux têtes which was first staged in Paris in October 1946, retaining the principal actors Edwige Feuillère and Jean Marais from the original theatre production.[2]

  1. ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
  2. ^ Williams, James S. (2006). French Film Directors: Jean Cocteau. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780719058837.