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Download from thousands of titles to watch offline. The life of a ravishing young princess is torn apart by lust and forbidden desire, in this epic period drama. The princess of montpensier features bloody battles, and bitter swordfights in palace courtyards. In the course of bertrand taverniers the princess of montpensier, the 16thcentury french heiress is pursued. When philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of count chabannes, an aging nobleman with a.
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