The Affair of the Poisons (1955)

Overview:
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...

Genre : History, Crime, Drama, Horror

Actors : Danielle Darrieux, Viviane Romance, Paul Meurisse, Anne Vernon, Maurice Teynac, Pierre Mondy, Roldano Lupi, Christine Carrère

Release Date : 1955-11-04

Duration : 103 menit

Rating : ⭐ 6.8/10 (9 votes)