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Cast

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Darrieux

Madame de Montespan

Viviane Romance

Viviane Romance

Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin

Paul Meurisse

Paul Meurisse

l'abbé Guibourg

Anne Vernon

Anne Vernon

Hermine des Œillets

Maurice Teynac

Maurice Teynac

Nicolas de La Reynie

Pierre Mondy

Pierre Mondy

le capitaine François Desgrez

Roldano Lupi

Roldano Lupi

Lesage

Christine Carrère

Christine Carrère

Angélique de Fontanges

Albert Rémy

Albert Rémy

le bourreau Guillaume

Renaud Mary

Renaud Mary

Henri de Montespan

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Henri Decoin

Henri Decoin

Director

René Cloërec

René Cloërec

Music

Henri Decoin

Henri Decoin

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Georges Neveux

Georges Neveux

Writer

Albert Valentin

Albert Valentin

Writer

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The Case of Poisons

19556.7 / 10103 min
History, Crime, Drama, Horror

Overview

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...