La fiancée des ténèbres

1945
1h 40m

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Sylvie, a girl who believes she is cursed having seen her two lovers die in tragic circumstances, lives in the town of Carcassonne, in the South of France with her adoptive guardian, Mr. Tou... Read allSylvie, a girl who believes she is cursed having seen her two lovers die in tragic circumstances, lives in the town of Carcassonne, in the South of France with her adoptive guardian, Mr. Toulzac. This one, a retired school teacher, has a passion: to discover the secret of the Cat... Read allSylvie, a girl who believes she is cursed having seen her two lovers die in tragic circumstances, lives in the town of Carcassonne, in the South of France with her adoptive guardian, Mr. Toulzac. This one, a retired school teacher, has a passion: to discover the secret of the Cathars, a Christian sect of the Middle Ages that glorified death over life. One day Sylvie m... Read all

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Pierre Richard-Willm

Roland Samblaca

Jany Holt

Sylvie

Line Noro

Mlle Perdrières

Palau

Le photographe

Anne Belval

Marie-Claude

Gaston Gabaroche

Éloi
(as Gabaroche)

Robert Dhéry

L'aubergiste de Tournebelle

Simone Valère

Dominique

Fernand Charpin

Fontvieille
(as Charpin)

Édouard Delmont

M. Toulzac
(as Delmont)

Tristan
(uncredited)

Léonce Corne

Le docteur
(uncredited)

Paul Demange

L'accordeur de piano
(uncredited)

Jean Diéner

Le commandant
(uncredited)

Guy Favières

M. Delmas
(uncredited)

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The original literary source of is Gaston Bonheur's own short story "La mort ne reçoit que sur rendez-vous" published in 1943 in the Toulouse edition of Le Parisien, a French newspaper.

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5/10

Good... but not enough

Two exciting stories which became one (a lady who wants a lover but brought only death - a man who is looking for the Albigeois). Not very spectacular, nicely directed but the author seems to be afraid of the genre. It's a pity.