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La Fiancée des ténèbres (1945)

La Fiancée des ténèbres poster
Directed by
Serge de Poligny
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman becomes engaged to a man in the medieval city of Carcassonne. Her past and the dark history of the city intertwine during World War Two.

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What happens

La Fiancée des ténèbres ("the fiancée of darkness") is a 1945 French film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Pierre Richard-Willm and Jany Holt. It was one of a small number of films in the fantastique genre made during the German occupation of France. Although filmed in 1944, its completion was delayed by the Liberation and it was not shown until 1945. The film is set in the city of Carcassonne in south-west France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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