The Island of Thirty Coffins

The Island of Thirty Coffins

300 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adventure | Sept. 21, 1979

The story takes place in 1917. Véronique is a young woman of 35 years, nurse at the military hospital of Besançon. She suddenly learns of the murder of her husband, the mysterious Count Vorski, whom she has not seen for fourteen years. Her research will also lead her to the track of her father and son whom she believed to have died in a shipwreck, already a long time ago. From clue to clue, here we are in Brittany, on this island with a name so ill-fitting... Brutal deaths, enigmatic words written... by whom? A frightening prophecy, the superstitious terror of the island's inhabitants, and suddenly, Veronica d'Hergemont can no longer leave this island. She's stuck alone. Almost alone...

The Island of Thirty Coffins

300 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adventure | Sept. 21, 1979

The Island of Thirty Coffins
The story takes place in 1917. Véronique is a young woman of 35 years, nurse at the military hospital of Besançon. She suddenly learns of the murder of her husband, the mysterious Count Vorski, whom she has not seen for fourteen years. Her research will also lead her to the track of her father and son whom she believed to have died in a shipwreck, already a long time ago. From clue to clue, here we are in Brittany, on this island with a name so ill-fitting... Brutal deaths, enigmatic words written... by whom? A frightening prophecy, the superstitious terror of the island's inhabitants, and suddenly, Veronica d'Hergemont can no longer leave this island. She's stuck alone. Almost alone...
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Antenne 2
Original title L'Île aux trente cercueils
Directors Marcel Cravenne
Writers Robert Scipion, Maurice Leblanc

Cast

Claude Jade

as Véronique d'Hergemont

Jean-Paul Zehnacker

as Alexis Vorski

Yves Beneyton

as Philippe Maroux

Georges Marchal

as Antoine d'Hergemont

Pascal Sellier

as François d'Hergemont / Éric Vorski

Julie Philippe

as Elfriede Vorski

Marie Mergey

as Honorine

Pierre Semmler

as Otto

Jean-René Gossart

as Conrad