
"The $1,500,000 Picture That makes you see, feel, actually live the tumultuous scenes of romance and intrigue screened from Stanley Weyman's thrilling masterpiece of the Old France and the great Cardinal Richelieu."
A young man is tasked by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu to capture one of the cardinal's enemies but falls in love with his target's sister. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.
Cardinal Richelieu

Renee de Cocheforet

Henri de Cocheforet

Gil De Berault

Duke of Orleans

Anne of Austria

Clom

French Army Lieutenant

Antoine

King Louis XIII
Duchesse de Chevreuse
Father Joseph

Captain La Rolle

Jules

Madame de Cocheforet
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Captain of King's Guard
Captain of Cardinal's Guard