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28/07/1955 Drama, Crime 1h 39m
90
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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...

  1. Eugen York

    Director

  2. Joachim Barckhausen

    Writer

  3. Alexander Stenbock-Fermor

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Henny Porten

    Fräulein von Scuderi

  2. Willy A. Kleinau

    Cardillac

  3. Anne Vernon

    Madelon

  4. Roland Alexandre

    Olivier Brusson

  5. Angelika Hauff

    St. Croix

  6. Richard Häussler

    Miossens

  7. Dorothea Wieck

    Maintenon

  8. Mathieu Ahlersmeyer

    Louis XIV

  9. Alexander Engel

    La Regnie

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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