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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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.2/10 | |
Released: | July 29, 1955 | |
Runtime: | 99 min | |
Genres: | Drama Crime | |
Companies: | DEFA | |
Cast: | Henny Porten Anne Vernon Willy A. Kleinau Roland Alexandre | |
Crew: | Joachim Barckhausen E.T.A. Hoffmann Marieluise Steinhauer Alexander Stenbock-Fermor Eugen York | |
Rasnac : One of my most favourite Jarmusch movies. Must have watched it 3-4 times now over the year...