Overview
Balsamo, a scoundrel with the gift of mesmerism, seeks to gain power in the French court in the days before the Revolution.
Cast
- Jean Marais as Joseph Balsamo
- Udo Kier as Gilbert
- Bernard Alane as Philippe de Taverney
- Henri Guisol as Baron de Taverney
- Doris Kunstmann as Andrée de Taverney-Maison-Rouge
- Olimpia Carlisi as Lorenza
- Guy Tréjan as Louis XV
- Louise Marleau as La Du Barry
- Gabriel Cattand as le cardinal de Rohan
- Patricia Lesieur as Marie-Antoinette