Summary Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry. To fight this scourge, King Louis XIV decides to create a special court named "La chambre ardente", designed to find and punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. An unexpected person, Mademoiselle de Scudéry, the famous poetess, will find herself entangled in the web of a criminal intrigue linked with the jewel murders, along with a a goldsmith, his daughter and her fiancé... View more details
Directed : Eugen York
Written : E.T.A. Hoffmann Joachim Barckhausen Marieluise Steinhauer
Stars : Anne Vernon Willy A. Kleinau Henny Porten Roland Alexandre
Genres : Crime Drama
Release date : Jul 28, 1955
Countries of origin : Sweden East Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Production companies : DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme Pandora Film (II)
Summary Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry. To fight this scourge, King Louis XIV decides to create a special court named "La chambre ardente", designed to find and punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. An unexpected person, Mademoiselle de Scudéry, the famous poetess, will find herself entangled in the web of a criminal intrigue linked with the jewel murders, along with a a goldsmith, his daughter and her fiancé... View more details
Genres : Crime Drama
Release date : Jul 28, 1955
Countries of origin : Sweden East Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Production companies : DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme Pandora Film (II)