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The Devil's Envoys is a french film of genre Drama directed by Marcel Carné released in USA on 29 august 1947 with Arletty
The Devil's Envoys (1942)
Les Visiteurs du soir
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Add to a movie listLes Visiteurs du Soir (US: The Devil's Envoys) is a 1942 film by French film director Marcel Carné, best remembered for Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). The film was released on 5 December 1942 in Paris during the Nazi occupation.
The film stars Arletty, Marie Déa, Jules Berry, Fernand Ledoux, Gabriel Gabrio, Alain Cuny and, in a minor role, Simone Signoret.
Synopsis
In May 1485 two of the devil's envoys, Gilles (Alain Cuny) and Dominique (Arletty), arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues (Fernand Ledoux) on the night of a celebration for his daughter's engagement. The Baron's daughter, Anne (Marie Déa), is set to marry Renaud (Marcel Herrand), a warlord who prefers talking about battle more than reciting love poems. Disguised as traveling minstrels, Gilles and Dominique enter the castle and use their powers of enticement to ruin the upcoming nuptials. Gilles seduces the innocent Anne, while both the Baron and Renaud become bewitched with Dominique. But, when Gilles accidentally falls in love with Anne, the Devil (Jules Berry) arrives to ensure that any true happiness is destroyed. When Gilles and Anne are caught together in her room, Gilles is thrown into the dungeon, and Anne and Renaud's engagement is called off.Actors
Arletty
(Dominique, a Minstrel)
Jules Berry
(The Devil)
Marie Déa
(Anne Hugues)
Marcel Herrand
(Baron Renaud, Anne's fiancé)
Fernand Ledoux
(Baron Hugues, Anne's father)
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