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Film / 1942
Wicked Duchess
Directed by
Jacques de Baroncelli
Edwige Feuillère and Pierre Richard-Willm star in director Jacques de Baroncelli's adaptation of the Balzac novella The Duchesse de Langeais, which tells the tale of a Parisian socialite who is romantically pursued by a Napoleonic war hero. With a screenplay by Jean Giraudoux.
The story
Edwige Feuillère and Pierre Richard-Willm star in director Jacques de Baroncelli's adaptation of the Balzac novella The Duchesse de Langeais, which tells the tale of a Parisian socialite who is romantically pursued by a Napoleonic war hero. With a screenplay by Jean Giraudoux.
Cast
Edwige FeuillèreAntoinette de Langeais
Pierre Richard-WillmArmand de Montriveau
Aimé ClariondRonquerolles
Lise DelamareMadame de Serizy
Charles GranvalThe vidame of Pamiers
Irène BonheurCaroline de Vanderesse
Marthe MellotThe mother superior
Simone RenantViscountess Emilie de Fontaines
Hélène ConstantPaméla
Madeleine PagèsSuzette
Dorothée LussMadame de Lestorade
Jacques VarennesThe Duke of Langeais
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Catherine FonteneyThe Princess of Blamont-Chauvry
Georges MauloyThe Duke of Grandlieu
Philippe RichardBonpied, the doorman
François Dupriet
Gaston MaugerKing Louis XVIII
Maurice DorléacBaron Auguste de Maulincour
Henri RichardThe Duke of Navareins
Pierre Vernet
Georges GreyHenri de Marsay
Dominique DavrayA 'grisette' (uncredited)
Paul FaivreAuguste, the valet of Montriveau (uncredited)
François Joux(uncredited)
Noëlle Norman(uncredited)
Elmire Vautier(uncredited)
François Viguier(uncredited)
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