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The Affair of the Poisons

19551h 43mHenri Decoin

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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...

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What is The Affair of the Poisons (1955) about?

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…

Who stars in The Affair of the Poisons?

The Affair of the Poisons stars Danielle Darrieux (Madame de Montespan), Viviane Romance (Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin), Paul Meurisse (l'abbé Guibourg), Anne Vernon (Hermine des Œillets), Maurice Teynac (Nicolas de La Reynie). The film was directed by Henri Decoin.

How long is The Affair of the Poisons?

The Affair of the Poisons has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1955.

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