Paris, 1314. Philip the Fair has Templar grand master Jacques de Molay burned, and from the pyre Molay curses the king, the pope and the minister Nogaret. Queen Isabella of England, the king's daughter, suspects her sisters-in-law, and Robert of Artois helps her gather proof. Marguerite and Blanche of Burgundy are caught with the d'Aunay brothers, who are executed; the princesses are locked up in Château-Gaillard. Meanwhile, Lombard banker Tolomei and his nephew Guccio work their way into court business. Within months, the pope and Nogaret are dead. In November the king collapses on a hunt and dies too. Louis, the betrayed husband, becomes king.
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What changed on screen
ChangeThe narrator reads the book
In the 1972 version, Jean Desailly's voice reads passages from the novel almost word for word. That is how TV keeps the chronicle tone Druon gives the book.
The book moves through Paris, Pontoise, Fontainebleau and the pyre on the Seine island. In 1972 it all becomes a stage with painted backdrops. In 2005 the Templar roundup gets crowds of extras.
Jacques de Molay barely appears in the book, but his curse drives the saga. In 2005 the part went to a star, Gérard Depardieu; in 1972 it was Xavier Depraz.
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