La Tour de Nesle (1937)
Directed by Gaston Roudès

History

Film Synopsis

Paris, in the early 14th century.  With her husband away, Queen Margaret of Burgundy returns to the Tour de Nesles each night with a handsome new lover.  In the morning, there is yet another corpse floating in the Seine.  One day, one of the queen's victims escapes and threatens to expose her wicked crimes...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Gaston Roudès
  • Script: Alexandre Dumas père (novel), Frédéric Gaillardet (play)
  • Cinematographer: Jacques Montéran
  • Music: Jean Lenoir
  • Cast: Tania Fédor (Marguerite de Bourgogne), Jean Weber (Gaultier et Philippe d'Aulnay), Jacques Varennes (Jehan Buridan), Nicolas Amato (Orsini), Jacques Berlioz (Enguerrand de Marigny), Meg Whanda (La princesse Jeanne), Génia Vaury (La princesse Blanche), Robert Ozanne (Louis X, le Hutin), Madeleine Pagès (Charlotte), Pierre Morin (Savoisy), Léo Renn (La duègne), André Bertoux (De Pierrefonds), Julien Clément (Héctor de Chevreuses), Jacques Christiany (Sire Raoul), Serjius (Jehan), Alexandre Rignault (Landry), Irène Jeanning, Fernand Bellan, Henri Charrett
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 95 min

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