The Devil's Envoys
Dec 05 1942
•2h 1m
•Romance, Fantasy, Drama
At the end of the 15th century, a man and a woman, posing as traveling minstrels, are sent by the Devil to a castle to seduce its inhabitants.
Cast
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Arletty
Dominique, a Minstrel
Marie Déa
Anne Hugues
Fernand Ledoux
Baron Hugues, Anne's father
Alain Cuny
Gilles, a Minstrel
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