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Constance, 1414. Nothing prepares Marie for the cataclysm that is about to befall her life. Her beauty, chastity, and dowry promise her the best of matches. In love with Michel, her childhood friend, she wants to settle in Cologne to live her life independently. But her father, a wealthy merchant, has other plans. According to his will, she will marry Master Ruppertus Splendidus, a young and brilliant lawyer, the illegitimate son of a local nobleman. This union will allow her to become an aristocrat and gain access to the court. But when Marie is slandered, thrown into prison, and then raped, the fairy tale suddenly turns into a nightmare. Summarily tried and then banished, she has no other choice for survival than to join a group of itinerant prostitutes...Read moreLess
Constance, 1414. Nothing prepares Marie for the cataclysm that is about to befall her life. Her beauty, chastity, and dowry promise her the best of matches. In love with Michel, her childhood friend, she wants to settle in Cologne to live her life independently. But her father, a wealthy merchant, has other plans. According to his will, she will marry Master Ruppertus Splendidus, a young and brilliant lawyer, the illegitimate son of a local nobleman. This union will allow her to become an aristocrat and gain access to the court. But when Marie is slandered, thrown into prison, and then raped, the fairy tale suddenly turns into a nightmare. Summarily tried and then banished, she has no other choice for survival than to join a group of itinerant prostitutes...
The story
Constance, 1414. Nothing prepares Marie for the cataclysm that is about to befall her life. Her beauty, chastity, and dowry promise her the best of matches. In love with Michel, her childhood friend, she wants to settle in Cologne to live her life independently. But her father, a wealthy merchant, has other plans. According to his will, she will marry Master Ruppertus Splendidus, a young and brilliant lawyer, the illegitimate son of a local nobleman. This union will allow her to become an aristocrat and gain access to the court. But when Marie is slandered, thrown into prison, and then raped, the fairy tale suddenly turns into a nightmare. Summarily tried and then banished, she has no other choice for survival than to join a group of itinerant prostitutes...
Cast & crew
Thierry GodardRoger Muller
Hélène de FougerollesMathilda Stembert
Geneviève MnichMadeleine Muller
Jean-Paul ComartDr. André Stembert
Jean LescotOscar
Serge LarivièreLacasse
Nicole ShirerHélène, municipal secretary
Renaud RuttenPolice officer
Anca RadiciWanda
Erico SalamoneThe bar manExplore the crew
- Writer
- André Chandelle
- Producer
- Arnauld de Battice
- Producer
- Yves Swennen
- Producer
- Nicolas Traube
- Writer
- Daniel Tonachella
- Writer
- Armel Job
- Producer
- Sophie Ravard
- Director
- André Chandelle
- Editor
- Denise Vindevogel
- Director of Photography
- Louis-Philippe Capelle