The Lady of Scuderi (1955)
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 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