Malpertuis

A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

Cast

Orson Welles

as Cassavius

Susan Hampshire

as Nancy / Euryale / Alice / Nurse / Charlotte

Michel Bouquet

as Charles Dideloo

Mathieu Carrière

as Jan

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Lampernisse

Daniel Pilon

as Mathias Crook

Walter Rilla

as Eisengott

Dora van der Groen

as Sylvie Dideloo

Charles Janssens

as Philarette

Sylvie Vartan

as Bets

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