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Malpertuis

Malpertuis

If you expect to get out alive... you must be dreaming.

1972•2h 5m•6.4/10
DramaHorrorFantasy

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6.4/10(43)

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.

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Production

Artémis Productions, Les Productions Artistes Associés, SOFLDOC, Société d'Expansion du Spectacle

Language

NL

Status

Released

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Cast

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Cassavius

Susan Hampshire

Susan Hampshire

Nancy / Euryale / Alice / Nurse / Charlotte

Michel Bouquet

Michel Bouquet

Charles Dideloo

Mathieu Carrière

Mathieu Carrière

Jan

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Lampernisse

Daniel Pilon

Daniel Pilon

Mathias Crook

Walter Rilla

Walter Rilla

Eisengott

Dora van der Groen

Dora van der Groen

Sylvie Dideloo

Charles Janssens

Charles Janssens

Philarette

Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie Vartan

Bets

Jet Naessens

Eleonora

Cara Van Wersch

Rosalie

Jenny Van Santvoort

Elodie

Fanny Winkler

Mother Griboin

Robert Lussac

Griboin

Gella Allaert

Gerda

Cyriel Van Gent

Cyriel Van Gent

Thick Man

Mariette Van Arkkels

Whore

Rosemarie Bergmans

Rosemarie Bergmans

Front side gangster

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

Sailor who kisses Bets (uncredited)

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