L'Affaire des poisons (1955)

Directed by

Henri Decoin

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is about the real Affair of the Poisons in 17th century France. It follows the intrigues and scandals involving poisonings at the French court.

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What happens

The Affair of the Poisons (French: L'affaire des poisons, Italian: Il processo dei veleni) is a 1955 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Viviane Romance and Paul Meurisse. The film is adapted from the 1907 play of the same title by Victorien Sardou. It was shot in Technicolor at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. The film is set against the backdrop of the real Affair of the Poisons in seventeenth-century France, and demonstrates a darker tone than many more nostalgic depictions of the past. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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