---
title: 'Cardinal Richelieu (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rowland V. Lee'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cardinal-richelieu-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026180/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cardinal Richelieu (1935)

1935 · 82 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Cardinal Richelieu is a 1935 American historical film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring George Arliss, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold and Cesar Romero. It was based on the 1839 play Richelieu by Edward Bulwer-Lytton depicting the life of the great seventeenth century French statesman Cardinal Richelieu and his dealings with Louis XIII.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rowland V. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-v-lee)
- **Screenplay:** [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)

## Cast

- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare) as Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
- [Edward Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-arnold) as Louis XIII of France
- [Maureen O'Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-sullivan) as Lenore
- [Cesar Romero](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesar-romero) as Andre de Pons
- [Murray Kinnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-kinnell) as Charles IV of Lorraine
- [William Worthington](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-worthington) as King's Chamberlain
- [Guy Bellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-bellis) as George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
- [Reginald Sheffield](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-sheffield) as Richelieu's Outrider
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes) as François Leclerc du Tremblay
- [Douglass Dumbrille](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglass-dumbrille) as Baradas
- [Herbert Bunston](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-bunston) as Duke of Normandy
- [George Arliss](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-arliss) as Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
- [Lionel Belmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-belmore)
- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks) as Le Moyne
- [Boyd Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/boyd-irwin) as Austrian Prime Minister

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