The Case of Poisons (1955)

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Country: France, Italy
Genres: Crime, Drama, History
Release: 1955-11-04
Director: Henri Decoin
Writers: Henri Decoin , Georges Neveux , Victorien Sardou , Albert Valentin
Language: French
Stars: Danielle Darrieux , Viviane Romance , Paul Meurisse , Anne Vernon , Pierre Mondy , François Patrice , Christine Carère , Roldano Lupi , Albert Rémy , Luisa Rossi
Runtime: 103 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Die Giftmischerin von Paris (Austria) , As Pecadoras de Paris (Brazil) , Los envenenadores (Spain) , O Escândalo dos Venenos (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Hangman and the Witch (United States of America) , The Poison Affair (United States of America) , De giftzaak (Belgium) , The Case of Poisons (United States of America) , L'affaire des poisons , L'affaire des poisons (France, French Republic) , Il processo dei veleni (Italy) , Frauen, die dem Satan dienen , L'affaire des poisons (Belgium)
Plot: 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...
IMDB:tt0048516