History ·Crime ·Drama ·Horror · France · 1955 · 1h 43m

The Affair of the Poisons

L'Affaire des poisons

Director

Cast

Danielle Darrieux as Madame de Montespan Viviane Romance as Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin Paul Meurisse as l'abbé Guibourg Anne Vernon as Hermine des Œillets Maurice Teynac as Nicolas de La Reynie Pierre Mondy as le capitaine François Desgrez

Crew

Henri Decoin — Writer Georges Neveux — Writer Albert Valentin — Writer

Synopsis

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...

Key Collaborators

Henri Decoin Director Henri Decoin Writer Georges Neveux Writer Albert Valentin Writer

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