The Young Woman of Scuderi
Genres
Overview
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...
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Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
99 min
Release Date
1955-07-28
Status
Released
Original Language
German
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Henny Porten
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Willy A. Kleinau
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Anne Vernon
Madelon
Angelika Hauff
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Richard Häussler
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Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
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Alexander Engel
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Johannes Arpe
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Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
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Gerd Frickhöffer
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Käte Alving
Nanette
Roland Alexandre
Alf Östlund
Karl Block
Egon Brosig
Hans-Joachim Büttner
Wolf von Beneckendorff
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