The Affair of the Poisons (1955)

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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...

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Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darrieux as Madame de Montespan Died 2017 · Bordeaux, Gironde, France Danielle Darrieux (French pronunciation: ​[da.niɛl i.vɔn ma.ʁi ɑ̃.twa.nɛt daʁ.jø]) (May 1, 1917 – October 17, 2017) was a French actress and singer, who appeared in more than 110 films after 1931. She...
Viviane Romance
Viviane Romance as Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin Died 1991 · Roubaix, Nord, France Viviane Romance (July 4, 1912 – September 25, 1991) was a French actress. Born Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns in Roubaix, France, Romance began her career as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and was...
Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse as l'abbé Guibourg Died 1979 · Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his a...
Anne Vernon
Anne Vernon as Hermine des Œillets Age 102 · Saint-Denis, France Anne Vernon (born Édith Antoinette Alexandrine Vignaud; 9 January 1924) is a French retired film and television actress who appeared in 40 films between 1948 and 1970, including three films that were...
Maurice Teynac
Maurice Teynac as Nicolas de La Reynie Died 1992 · Paris, France Maurice Teynac (1915–1992) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry. In 1954 he appeared in London's West End in J.B. Priestley's poorly reviewed play The...
Pierre Mondy
Pierre Mondy as le capitaine François Desgrez Died 2012 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director. He was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, an...

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