The Affair of the Poisons (1955)
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...
Director: Henri Decoin
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Danielle Darrieux as Madame de Montespan |
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Viviane Romance as Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin |
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Paul Meurisse as l'abbé Guibourg |
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Anne Vernon as Hermine des Œillets |
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Maurice Teynac as Nicolas de La Reynie |
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Pierre Mondy as le capitaine François Desgrez |
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Roldano Lupi as Lesage |
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Christine Carrère as Angélique de Fontanges |
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Albert Rémy as le bourreau Guillaume |
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Renaud Mary as Henri de Montespan |
| Directing | Henri Decoin | Director |
| Sound | René Cloërec | Music |
| Writing | Albert Valentin | Writer |
| Writing | Georges Neveux | Writer |
| Writing | Henri Decoin | Writer |
