The Lady of Scuderi
movie
Released July 28, 1955
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
as
Fräulein von Scuderi
Willy A. Kleinau
as
Cardillac
Anne Vernon
as
Madelon
Roland Alexandre
as
Olivier Brusson
Angelika Hauff
as
St. Croix
Richard Häussler
as
Miossens
Dorothea Wieck
as
Maintenon
Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
as
Louis XIV
Alexander Engel
as
La Regnie
Hans-Peter Thielen
as
Degrais
Johannes Arpe
as
Louvois
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
as
La Matiniere
