Wicked Duchess
57 %|Mar 27, 1942|Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Honoré de Balzac
Novel
Jacques de Baroncelli
Director
Jean Giraudoux
Adaptation
Jean Giraudoux
Dialogue
Roger Desormière
Conductor
Francis Poulenc
Original Music Composer
Rodolphe Marcilly
Assistant Director
Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Cast
Edwige Feuillère
Antoinette de Langeais
Pierre Richard-Willm
Armand de Montriveau
Aimé Clariond
Ronquerolles
Lise Delamare
Madame de Serizy
Charles Granval
The vidame of Pamiers
Irène Bonheur
Caroline de Vanderesse
Marthe Mellot
The mother superior
Simone Renant
Viscountess Emilie de Fontaines
Hélène Constant
Paméla
Madeleine Pagès
Suzette
Dorothée Luss
Madame de Lestorade
Jacques Varennes
The Duke of Langeais
Catherine Fonteney
The Princess of Blamont-Chauvry
Georges Mauloy
The Duke of Grandlieu
Philippe Richard
Bonpied, the doorman
Gaston Mauger
King Louis XVIII
Maurice Dorléac
Baron Auguste de Maulincour
Henri Richard
The Duke of Navareins
Georges Grey
Henri de Marsay
Dominique Davray
A 'grisette' (uncredited)
Paul Faivre
Auguste, the valet of Montriveau (uncredited)
François Joux
(uncredited)
Noëlle Norman
(uncredited)
Elmire Vautier
(uncredited)
François Viguier
(uncredited)