The Vourdalak

Lost in a hostile forest, the Marquis d'Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, finds refuge in the home of a strange family.

Cast

Ariane Labed

as Sdenka

Kacey Mottet Klein

as Marquis Jacques Antoine Saturnin d'Urfé

Grégoire Colin

as Jegor

Vassili Schneider

as Piotr

Claire Duburcq

as Anja

Gabriel Pavie

as Vlad

Erwan Ribard

as The Hermit

Adrien Beau

as Gorcha (voice)

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