Released:
1955-03-18

Overview:
France, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy and her two sisters arrange orgies, to which beautiful nobles are invited. The young men were brought blindfolded, and after a night of love they were killed and their corpses thrown into the river, because the queen was afraid that her husband would learn about her adventures. One of her lovers managed to escape death. He knows the secrets of the queen, knows that she once gave birth to a son from him, claims that he has evidence that Margarita wanted to kill her father and blackmails her.

Director:
Abel Gance

Runtime:
2h 0min

Genre:
History, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Silvana Pampanini
  as
  Marguerite de Bourgogne
• 
  Pierre Brasseur
  as
  Jehan Buridan
• 
  Paul Guers
  as
  Gauthier d'Aunay
• 
  Jacques Toja
  as
  Philippe d'Aunay
• 
  Constant Rémy
  as
  Landry