Wicked Duchess (1942)

6.3/10 99 min Drama

Overview

Edwige Feuillère and Pierre Richard-Willm star in director Jacques de Baroncelli's adaptation of the Balzac novella The Duchesse de Langeais, which tells the tale of a Parisian socialite who is romantically pursued by a Napoleonic war hero. With a screenplay by Jean Giraudoux.

Cast

Edwige Feuillère

Antoinette de Langeais

Pierre Richard-Willm

Armand de Montriveau

Aimé Clariond

Ronquerolles

Lise Delamare

Madame de Serizy

Charles Granval

The vidame of Pamiers

Marthe Mellot

The mother superior

Simone Renant

Viscountess Emilie de Fontaines

Hélène Constant

Paméla

Jacques Varennes

The Duke of Langeais

Catherine Fonteney

The Princess of Blamont-Chauvry

Georges Mauloy

The Duke of Grandlieu

Philippe Richard

Bonpied, the doorman

Gaston Mauger

King Louis XVIII

Henri Richard

The Duke of Navareins

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