Marie Antoinette undermining the First French Republic, Louis XVI was separated from his family and tried in December. He was found guilty by the Convention, led by the Jacobins who rejected the idea of keeping him as a hostage. On 15 January 1793, by a majority of one vote, that of Philippe Égalité, he was condemned to death by guillotine and executed on 21 January 1793. The queen, now called "Widow Capet", plunged into deep mourning. She still hoped her son Louis-Charles, whom the exiled "Comte de Provence", Louis XVI's brother, had recognised as Louis XVI's successor, would one day rule France.
The Widow (1955 film) soon on The Black Widow, with Patricia Roc..." 1954 appears to mark the beginning of production, with 1955 as the correct release year of the film in Italy, a U.S. release in 1957, and 1959 as reported on IMDB coinciding with the film's later French release. The Widow (1955 film) The Widow (U.S. title) is a 1955 Italian black-and-white romantic drama film directed by Lewis Milestone and written by Milestone and Louis Stevens, based upon the novel "La Vedova" by Susan York. Produced and originally released under the title La Vedova X, the film had theatrical release in Italy in