Wicked Duchess

Original title: La Duchesse de Langeais

Duration: 99 min

Release date: 1942-03-27

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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.

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Edwige Feuillère

Edwige Feuillère

as Antoinette de Langeais

Pierre Richard-Willm

Pierre Richard-Willm

as Armand de Montriveau

as Ronquerolles

as Madame de Serizy

Charles Granval

Charles Granval

as The vidame of Pamiers

as Caroline de Vanderesse

as The mother superior

as Viscountess Emilie de Fontaines

Hélène Constant

Hélène Constant

Madeleine Pagès

Madeleine Pagès

as Madame de Lestorade

Jacques Varennes

Jacques Varennes

as The Duke of Langeais

Catherine Fonteney

Catherine Fonteney

as The Princess of Blamont-Chauvry

as The Duke of Grandlieu

Philippe Richard

Philippe Richard

as Bonpied, the doorman

François Dupriet

François Dupriet

as King Louis XVIII

Maurice Dorléac

Maurice Dorléac

as Baron Auguste de Maulincour

as The Duke of Navareins

as Henri de Marsay

Dominique Davray

Dominique Davray

as A 'grisette' (uncredited)

as Auguste, the valet of Montriveau (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

François Viguier

François Viguier

as (uncredited)

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Jacques de Baroncelli

Jacques de Baroncelli

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

Roger Desormière

Roger Desormière

Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc

Original Music Composer

Christian Matras

Christian Matras

Director of Photography

Georges Annenkov

Georges Annenkov

Hagop Arakelian

Hagop Arakelian

Serge Piménoff

Rodolphe Marcilly

Rodolphe Marcilly

Assistant Director

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