The Lady of Scuderi
Das Fräulein von Scuderi
Release: 1955-07-28
·Runtime: 99m
Drama
Crime
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...
Production Countries
Germany
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Pandora-Film Stockholm
Cast
Richard Häussler
as Miossens
Dorothea Wieck
as Maintenon
Hans-Peter Thielen
as Degrais
Egon Brosig
as Haushofmeister
Kurt Rackelmann
as Clochard
Angelika Hauff
as St. Croix
Johannes Arpe
as Louvois
Anne Vernon
as Madelon
Alexander Engel
as La Regnie
Henny Porten
as Fräulein von Scuderi
Rolf Weih
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
as La Matiniere
Rudolf Schröder
as Baptiste
Roland Alexandre
as Olivier Brusson
Hans-Joachim Büttner
as Bruder Menardus
Gerd Frickhöffer
as De la Fare
Willy A. Kleinau
as Cardillac
Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
as Louis XIV
