Tower of Lust (1955)
France, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy and her two sisters arrange orgies, to which beautiful nobles are invited. The young men were brought blindfolded, and after a night of love they were killed and their corpses thrown into the river, because the queen was afraid that her husband would learn about her adventures. One of her lovers managed to escape death. He knows the secrets of the queen, knows that she once gave birth to a son from him, claims that he has evidence that Margarita wanted to kill her father and blackmails her.
Director:
Abel Gance
Writers:
Abel Gance, Fernand Rivers.
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Silvana Pampanini as Marguerite de Bourgogne |
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Pierre Brasseur as Jehan Buridan |
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Paul Guers as Gauthier d'Aunay |
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Jacques Toja as Philippe d'Aunay |
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Constant Rémy as Landry |
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Michel Etcheverry as Enguerrand de Marigny |
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Michel Bouquet as Louis X |
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Cristina Grado as Princesse Jeanne |
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Lia Di Leo as Princesse Blanche |
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Marcel Raine as Orsini |
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Claude Sylvain as la servante de l'auberge |
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André Gabriello as le grand ménestrel |
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Nelly Kaplan as Alice |
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Daniel Emilfork as |
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Philippe Mareuil as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Abel Gance | Director |
| Writing | Alexandre Dumas | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Abel Gance | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fernand Rivers | Screenplay |
| Production | Fernand Rivers | Producer |
| Directing | Giacomo Pozzi-Bellini | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michel Boisrond | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Claude Gourot | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Alberto Bartolomei | Sound |
| Sound | Robert Teisseire | Sound |
| Art | Robert Bouladoux | Production Design |
| Editing | Louisette Hautecœur | Editor |
| Sound | Henri Verdun | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | André Thomas | Director of Photography |
| Production | Maurice Saurel | Production Manager |