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Running time. 118 min. Country. France. Language. French. Les Visiteurs du Soir (US: The Devil's Envoys) is a 1942 film by French film director Marcel Carné. The film was released on 5 December 1942 in Paris during the Nazi occupation.
A work of poetry and dark humor, Les visiteurs du soir is a lyrical medieval fantasy from the great French director Marcel Carné. Two strangers dressed as minstrels (Arletty and Alain Cuny) arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities—and are revealed to be emissaries of the devil, dispatched to spread heartbreak and suffering.
- Dominique
At the end of the 15th century, two minstrels Gilles and Dominique come from nowhere into the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hughes' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Ann's fiance.
- Marcel Carnt
- Arletty
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Screenplay. At the end of the 15th century, a man and a woman, posing as traveling minstrels, are sent by the Devil to a castle to seduce its inhabitants.
The devil sends two emissaries to Earth as wandering balladeers who foil his nefarious plans by falling in love.
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- Arletty
- Marcel Carné
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Summaries. In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim. At the end of the 15th century, two minstrels, Gilles and Dominique, come from nowhere to the castle of Baron Hugues.
Les Visiteurs du Soir: Directed by Marcel Carné. With Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, Alain Cuny. In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.