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...
Release Date : Jul 28, 1955
Production Company : DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Pandora-Film Stockholm
Production Countries : Germany, East Germany
Original Language : Deutsch
Casts : Henny Porten, Willy A. Kleinau, Anne Vernon, Roland Alexandre, Angelika Hauff, Richard Häussler, Dorothea Wieck, Mathieu Ahlersmeyer, Alexander Engel, Hans-Peter Thielen, Johannes Arpe
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Status : Released
Budget : 0
Revenue : 0