Released:
1955-11-04

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...

Director:
Henri Decoin

Runtime:
1h 43min

Genre:
History, Crime, Drama, Horror

• Cast:
• 
  Danielle Darrieux
  as
  Madame de Montespan
• 
  Viviane Romance
  as
  Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin
• 
  Paul Meurisse
  as
  l'abbé Guibourg
• 
  Anne Vernon
  as
  Hermine des Œillets
• 
  Maurice Teynac
  as
  Nicolas de La Reynie