Wicked Duchess

Edwige Feuillère and Pierre Richard-Willm star in director Jacques de Baroncelli's adaptation of the Balzac novella The Duchesse de Langeais, which tells the tale of a Parisian socialite who is romantically pursued by a Napoleonic war hero. With a screenplay by Jean Giraudoux.

Drama

Edwige Feuillère

(Antoinette de Langeais)

Pierre Richard-Willm

(Armand de Montriveau)

Aimé Clariond

(Ronquerolles)

Lise Delamare

(Madame de Serizy)

Charles Granval

(The vidame of Pamiers)

Irène Bonheur

(Caroline de Vanderesse)

Marthe Mellot

(The mother superior)

Simone Renant

(Viscountess Emilie de Fontaines)

Hélène Constant

(Paméla)

Madeleine Pagès

(Suzette)

Dorothée Luss

(Madame de Lestorade)

Jacques Varennes

(The Duke of Langeais)

Catherine Fonteney

(The Princess of Blamont-Chauvry)

Georges Mauloy

(The Duke of Grandlieu)

Philippe Richard

(Bonpied, the doorman)

François Dupriet

Gaston Mauger

(King Louis XVIII)

Maurice Dorléac

(Baron Auguste de Maulincour)

Henri Richard

(The Duke of Navareins)

Pierre Vernet

Georges Grey

(Henri de Marsay)

Dominique Davray

(A 'grisette' (uncredited))

Paul Faivre

(Auguste, the valet of Montriveau (uncredited))

François Joux

((uncredited))

Noëlle Norman

((uncredited))

Elmire Vautier

((uncredited))

François Viguier

((uncredited))