The Young Woman of Scuderi
1955-07-28 | 99 minutes
Plot Summary
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...
Cast
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Henny PortenFräulein von Scuderi
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Willy A. KleinauCardillac
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Anne VernonMadelon
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Angelika HauffSt. Croix
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Richard HäusslerMiossens
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Mathieu AhlersmeyerLouis XIV
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Alexander EngelLa Regnie
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Hans-Peter ThielenDegrais
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Johannes ArpeLouvois
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Barbro Hiort af OrnäsLa Matiniere
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Gerd FrickhöfferDe la Fare
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Roland Alexandre
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Egon Brosig
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Hans-Joachim Büttner
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