Wicked Duchess

Wicked Duchess

99 mins | Drama | March 27, 1942

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.

Wicked Duchess

99 mins | Drama | March 27, 1942

Wicked Duchess
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Films Orange
Original title La Duchesse de Langeais
Directors Jacques de Baroncelli
Writers Jean Giraudoux, Honoré de Balzac

Cast

Edwige Feuillère

as Antoinette de Langeais

Pierre Richard-Willm

as Armand de Montriveau

Aimé Clariond

as Ronquerolles

Lise Delamare

as Madame de Serizy

Charles Granval

as The vidame of Pamiers

Irène Bonheur

as Caroline de Vanderesse

Marthe Mellot

as The mother superior

Simone Renant

as Viscountess Emilie de Fontaines

Hélène Constant

as Paméla

Madeleine Pagès

as Suzette

Dorothée Luss

as Madame de Lestorade

Jacques Varennes

as The Duke of Langeais

Catherine Fonteney

as The Princess of Blamont-Chauvry

Georges Mauloy

as The Duke of Grandlieu

Philippe Richard

as Bonpied, the doorman

Gaston Mauger

as King Louis XVIII

Maurice Dorléac

as Baron Auguste de Maulincour

Henri Richard

as The Duke of Navareins

Georges Grey

as Henri de Marsay

Dominique Davray

as A 'grisette' (uncredited)

Paul Faivre

as Auguste, the valet of Montriveau (uncredited)

François Joux

as (uncredited)

Noëlle Norman

as (uncredited)

Elmire Vautier

as (uncredited)

François Viguier

as (uncredited)