[go: up one dir, main page]

    Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    EmmysSuperheroes GuideSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideBest Of 2025 So FarDisability Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
  • FAQ
IMDbPro

La reine vierge

Original title: Young Bess
  • 1953
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.9K
YOUR RATING
La reine vierge (1953)
The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
Play trailer4:10
1 Video
41 Photos
Period DramaBiographyDramaRomance

The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.

  • Director
    • George Sidney
  • Writers
    • Margaret Irwin
    • Jan Lustig
    • Arthur Wimperis
  • Stars
    • Jean Simmons
    • Stewart Granger
    • Deborah Kerr
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    1.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George Sidney
    • Writers
      • Margaret Irwin
      • Jan Lustig
      • Arthur Wimperis
    • Stars
      • Jean Simmons
      • Stewart Granger
      • Deborah Kerr
    • 31User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

    Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 4:10
    Official Trailer

    Photos41

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    + 35
    View Poster

    Top cast49

    Edit
    Jean Simmons
    Jean Simmons
    • Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
    Stewart Granger
    Stewart Granger
    • Thomas Seymour
    Deborah Kerr
    Deborah Kerr
    • Catherine Parr
    Charles Laughton
    Charles Laughton
    • King Henry VIII
    Kay Walsh
    Kay Walsh
    • Mrs. Ashley
    Guy Rolfe
    Guy Rolfe
    • Ned Seymour
    Kathleen Byron
    Kathleen Byron
    • Ann Seymour
    Cecil Kellaway
    Cecil Kellaway
    • Mr. Parry
    Rex Thompson
    Rex Thompson
    • Prince Edward…
    Robert Arthur
    Robert Arthur
    • Barnaby
    Leo G. Carroll
    Leo G. Carroll
    • Mr. Mums
    Norma Varden
    Norma Varden
    • Lady Tyrwhitt
    Alan Napier
    Alan Napier
    • Robert Tyrwhitt
    Noreen Corcoran
    Noreen Corcoran
    • Bess as a child
    Ivan Triesault
    Ivan Triesault
    • Danish Envoy
    Elaine Stewart
    Elaine Stewart
    • Anne Boleyn
    Dawn Addams
    Dawn Addams
    • Kate Howard
    Doris Lloyd
    Doris Lloyd
    • Mother Jack
    • Director
      • George Sidney
    • Writers
      • Margaret Irwin
      • Jan Lustig
      • Arthur Wimperis
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews31

    6.61.9K
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    Doylenf

    Entertaining, sumptuous treatment of historical drama...

    With an exceptionally good cast headed by Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr and Charles Laughton, costumes by Walter Plunkett, music by Miklos Rozsa and all the technical wizardry of MGM's vast resources, YOUNG BESS is the kind of historical romance that comes to life on the screen with a good deal of vitality. Jean Simmons and Charles Laughton have the most interesting roles and play them brilliantly, particularly Laughton who is once again portraying Henry VIII, the shrewd monarch who disposed of the women in his life by putting them to the block.

    The screenplay is gracefully written and although it is leisurely paced, it never lets up interest in examining the relationships between Elizabeth I (young Bess) and others at court. Historical purists will object to whatever liberties the novel took to tell this story of court intrigue, but they will be impressed by the attention paid to historical detail and the meticulous settings and costumes. The score by Miklos Rozsa is not obtrusive and yet it underlines the deep emotions portrayed by Simmons, Granger and Laughton. Deborah Kerr has a rather colorless and almost minor role as Catherine Parr and is unable to do much with it although she and Simmons photograph beautifully in color.

    Easy on the eyes and a very entertaining saga of a bloody chapter in England's history.
    dbdumonteil

    The queen

    "Young Bess" features three of the greatest English actors of all time :Jean Simmons,Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr;the two actresses had already teamed up for "black narcissus" but in "young Bess" it's Simmons who plays the lead .

    The movie does not really show it,but Elizabeth had a very harsh childhood ,unlike Mary Stuart ,her dear cousin who spent her youth in the sweet Chateaux de La Loire in France .That may explain why Elizabeth was prepared to reign and Mary failed dismally. It was a wonder she kept her head after all those years with Mary Tudor.But Jean Simmons succeeds in her performance:from a romantic young girl to the strong queen (the big shadow on the wall is revealing),she runs the whole gamut and she gets strong support from Stewart Granger as her dashing attentive escort ,from Deborah Kerr ,in an underwritten part, and from Charles Laughton,ideally cast as Henry the Eighth.
    5Pittwater

    Re-Writing History!

    This is what happens when a film studio and a novelist places history on the big screen. Historical accuracy and truth takes second place when it comes to spinning a yarn. I just hope when kids watch this film, they do not rely on it as facts for their education. The real story itself was intriguing enough without having to bend the truth. So, why did they?

    Anyway, in the film, Elizabeth (I) was madly in love with Thomas Seymour. From historical records, Thomas was supposedly the person who made advances on Elizabeth (I) but was unsuccessful. In the film, Edward Seymour was seen as a callous power hungry puppeteer in the royal court. In history, he was a successful military man when he battled oppositions at Pinkie, Scotland (1547). Edward was also responsible for religious reforms and in relaxing heresy and treason laws. In the film, he sent his brother Thomas to the scaffold because of his paranoia over power struggle threats. In history, the execution of Thomas by the council in 1549 was a significant blow to Edward and it weakened his power in England. The eventual arrest and execution of Edward in 1552 was conspired by John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton to remove Seymour's protectorate power over his nephew, King Edward VI. Edward VI died at the age of 15 in 1553. Dudley induced the council to proclaim his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, as queen after Edward VI's death. Dudley was executed in 1554 by Mary (I) for treason.

    Of course, there's no way of knowing precisely what really happened in history. But in rationale, a person should not be defamed or condemned (as in the case of Edward Seymour) based on hearsay, idle gossip, a romantic novel or a chick flick, even if they are dead over a few centuries. In theory, anyhow.

    Anyway, I did enjoy this film as pure entertainment. Walter Plunkett's costume design was magnificent and the whole cast was superb. Miklos Rozsa's emotional music score was an incredible soul wrenching delight.

    Is it worth seeing? Yes, definitely! It's entertaining, well acted and beautifully produced.
    8janes6womack

    Young Bess

    I don't expect or even want precise historicity in a costume drama, so I love this beautifully-filmed production. Did anybody else find Rex Thompson's portrayal of Edward, the little king, as remarkable as I did? Rex was only 11 at the time, and no matter how visionary the director, how plausible the writing or how facile the film editor, it takes real brilliance for a person that young to perform so believably. He perfectly reproduced Laughton's characterizations of Henry VIII in miniature, and was as matter-of-dactyl bloodthirsty as Henry ("I wish he'd die," he remarks about his "Oncle Ned," seeing nothing untoward about it). He worked again with Deborah Kerr playing Louis in "The King and I." He was "The Page" in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of the same name in 1966, but there are no later entries about him on this site. Also, no death date, which I'm glad to see...was he one of those unfortunate child actors who was robbed blind by unscrupulous relatives/agents/investors? Did he just get sick of the grind and chuck it all? Or did he change his name and vocation? I would have liked to have seen him as an adult. He was such an appealing child!
    10kitty.cat

    A wonderful journey into the past

    This is an entertaining movie and not a documentary. So, why not show "how it could have happened". This is what makes history interesting and exciting. The story is very well written, the actors are superb. And there is this sparkling chemistry between Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr I miss so much in modern movies. This is GOOD OLD HOLLYWOOD (even it is mostly a british movie). I hope that in the near future somebody produces a good DVD!! This movie is one of my all time favorites!!

    More like this

    La vie privée d'Henry VIII
    7.0
    La vie privée d'Henry VIII
    Le septième voile
    6.7
    Le septième voile
    Quand vient l'hiver
    6.4
    Quand vient l'hiver
    Le visage du plaisir
    6.4
    Le visage du plaisir
    La vie privée d'Elisabeth d'Angleterre
    7.0
    La vie privée d'Elisabeth d'Angleterre
    Angoisse
    6.3
    Angoisse
    Un homme change son destin
    7.1
    Un homme change son destin
    Le verdict de l'amour
    7.1
    Le verdict de l'amour
    Des pas dans le brouillard
    7.0
    Des pas dans le brouillard
    Pour elle un seul homme
    6.3
    Pour elle un seul homme
    Les anges marqués
    7.8
    Les anges marqués
    Marie Stuart
    6.3
    Marie Stuart

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Cast as on-screen lovers Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I) and Sir Thomas Seymour, in real life Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger were married to each other when this movie was filmed. Granger (né James Stewart) and Simmons met in 1946 while working on the picture César et Cléopâtre (1945). They would meet again over a year later, with Simmons now a grown up 18. The relationship soon turned to romance, and the couple appeared in a film that reflected their own situation. In Adam et Évelyne (1949), Granger plays a man in love with a younger woman. Later, after divorcing his first wife, Granger and Jean married on December 20, 1950. He was 27. The bride was 21. They also appeared together in Des pas dans le brouillard (1955). Simmons said of her scenes with Granger in the film, "I feel more self-conscious about playing love scenes with him now, than I did before we were man and wife." But the chemistry flourished on screen.
    • Goofs
      In the film, young Bess is mostly referred to as "Princess Elizabeth". In history, Elizabeth was denied that title from the age of three. Her father Henry VIII declared his marriage to Anne Boleyn invalid before her execution for treason, thus Elizabeth was declared illegitimate and only to be called "Lady Elizabeth".
    • Quotes

      Prince Edward: [muttering to Tom about Uncle Ned, who rules while Edward is King as a minor] I wish he'd die.

      Thomas Seymour: What? What was that?

      Prince Edward: I said, I wish he'd die. D-Y-E.

      Thomas Seymour: It's the wrong spelling.

      Prince Edward: [nonchalant] Oh, is it?

      Ned Seymour: What is Your Majesty talking about?

      Prince Edward: Spelling. Nobody knows for certain how to spell the King's English.

      Ned Seymour: The spelling is not important, so long as the word carries the right meaning.

      Thomas Seymour: The word His Majesty had *exactly* the right meaning.

    • Connections
      Featured in The World According to Smith & Jones: The Tudors (1987)

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    FAQ18

    • How long is Young Bess?Powered by Alexa

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • October 14, 1953 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Young Bess
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Budget
      • $2,423,000 (estimated)
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1(original ratio)

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    La reine vierge (1953)
    Top Gap
    By what name was La reine vierge (1953) officially released in India in English?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.