The Island of Thirty Coffins
1979 · 5h · N/A
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Marcel Cravenne
Overview
The story takes place in 1917. Véronique is a young woman of 35 years, nurse at the military hospital of Besançon. She suddenly learns of the murder of her husband, the mysterious Count Vorski, whom she has not seen for fourteen years. Her research will also lead her to the track of her father and son whom she believed to have died in a shipwreck, already a long time ago. From clue to clue, here we are in Brittany, on this island with a name so ill-fitting... Brutal deaths, enigmatic words written... by whom? A frightening prophecy, the superstitious terror of the island's inhabitants, and suddenly, Veronica d'Hergemont can no longer leave this island. She's stuck alone. Almost alone...
Director and cast
- Marcel Cravenne Director
- Claude Jade as Véronique d'Hergemont
- Jean-Paul Zehnacker as Alexis Vorski
- Yves Beneyton as Philippe Maroux
- Georges Marchal as Antoine d'Hergemont
- Pascal Sellier as François d'Hergemont / Éric Vorski
- Julie Philippe as Elfriede Vorski
- Marie Mergey as Honorine
- Pierre Semmler as Otto
- Jean-René Gossart as Conrad
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