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L'affaire des 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...

Directed by: Henri Decoin
Written by: Henri Decoin & Albert Valentin & Georges Neveux
Runtime: 103 minutes
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 
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Also known as:
  • The Case of Poisons