The Lady of Scuderi (1955)

9.0/10 99 min Drama Crime

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

Egon Brosig

Haushofmeister

Hans-Joachim Büttner

Bruder Menardus

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