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: 1955
Rating: 0.0
Genre: Drama, Crime
Duration: 99 min
Country: Germany, East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Pandora-Film Stockholm
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Henny Porten
as Fräulein von Scuderi
Willy A. Kleinau
as Cardillac
Anne Vernon
as Madelon
Roland Alexandre
as Olivier Brusson
Angelika Hauff
as St. Croix
Richard Häussler
as Miossens