The Case of Poisons
L'affaire des poisons
Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty, Marie-Angélique Scorailles. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a woman known as a fortune teller, a doctor, a midwife and who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons. Some time later Marie-Angélique, now Duchess of Fontanges, dies mysteriously aged only twenty...
Direction
Cast
Danielle Darrieux
Françoise Athénaïs de Montespan
Viviane Romance
Catherine Deshayes dite La Voisin
Paul Meurisse
L'abbé Etienne Guibourg
Anne Vernon
Hermine Des Oeillets
Pierre Mondy
Le capitaine François Desgrez
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François Patrice
Monsieur de Lignières
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Christine Carère
Marie-Angélique de Fontanges
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Roldano Lupi
L'alchimiste Lesage
Albert Rémy
Le bourreau Guillaume
Luisa Rossi
Madame Gobet
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René Cloërec
Composer
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Pierre Montazel
Cinematographer