Film
The Lady of Scuderi
1955 · 1h 39m · Drama · Crime
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Overview
Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry. To fight this scourge, King Louis XIV decides to create a special court named "La chambre ardente", designed to find and punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. An unexpected person, Mademoiselle de Scudéry, the famous poetess, will find herself entangled in the web of a criminal intrigue linked with the jewel murders, along with a a goldsmith, his daughter and her fiancé...
Cast
Henny Porten
Fräulein von Scuderi
Willy A. Kleinau
Cardillac
Anne Vernon
Madelon
Roland Alexandre
Olivier Brusson
Angelika Hauff
St. Croix
Richard Häussler
Miossens
Dorothea Wieck
Maintenon
Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
Louis XIV
Alexander Engel
La Regnie
Hans-Peter Thielen
Degrais
Johannes Arpe
Louvois
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
La Matiniere
Gerd Frickhöffer
De la Fare
Käte Alving
Nanette
Alf Östlund
Theaterdirektor
Karl Block
Ganove
Crew
- Eugen YorkDirector
- Joachim BarckhausenWriter
- Alexander Stenbock-FermorWriter
- E. T. A. HoffmannNovel
- Eugen KlagemannDirector of Photography
- Walter SieberOriginal Music Composer
- Hildegard TegenerEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 28, 1955
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
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