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Status
Released
Release
1943
Runtime
1h 39m
Elfy, Countess of Saint-Hélié's daughter, was brought up with her foster sister Anne, in an old dilapidated castle whose landlord, Baron Julius Carol, disappeared mysteriously some day. The two girls had a playmate, Hervé, the son of the gamekeeper. Now that they are adult, Anne is in love with Hervé while Elfy thinks she loves the young man. One day, the baron's mummified body is found in an oubliette and the secret of the estate is revealed...
17 Cast Members
André Lefaur
Eustache Dauphin dit Monseigneur, le faux Louis XVII
Odette Joyeux
Elfy
Jany Holt
Anne
Alain Cuny
Hervé
Jean Cocteau
Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
Gabrielle Dorziat
La comtesse de Saint-Helie
André Alerme
Le colonel
Aimé Clariond
L'évêque
Marguerite Pierry
Fébronie Dauphin
Claude Sainval
Albéric de Marignac
Charles Vissières
Toussaint - le domestique
Marguerite de Morlaye
Une vieille dame
Marcel Pérès
Léopold - le frère de Fébronie
Jean Diéner
Joseph - le cocher
Jacques Ory
Hervé enfant
Marie Magali
Elfy de Saint-Hélié enfant
Mercédès Brare
Anne enfant