Casts & Crew
Fernand Ledoux
Jean-Paul Moulinot
André Luguet
Paul Mercey
Germaine Kerjean
Antoine Marin
Geneviève Brunet
Madeleine Lambert
Germaine Delbat
Clément Thierry
Bernard Musson
Paul Bonifas
Yvonne Claudie
Juliette Brac
Louis Saintève
Genica Athanasiou
Claud-France Villardebo
Jocelyne Jeanssen
Martine Duc
Maurice Cieutat
Nina Grégoire
Maïa Simon
Serge Farkas
Also Directed by Jean Prat
The action takes place under the Restoration, at the Château de Savigny, near Nerville, a devout and prudish little town in the Cotentin region. Doctor Torty is the doctor. He tells a story of which he is the only one to know the secret, that of a criminal couple, without any remorse. The pretty Hauteclaire Stassin, daughter of the master of arms, meets the Count of Savigny, married to the noble and languid Delphine. Madly in love with the count, Hauteclaire joined the castle as a servant. Shortly after, the countess died of poisoning. Will the guilty lovers go unpunished?
Les Perses (The Persians) is a French TV movie adaptation of Aeschylus' oldest known tragedy, Πέρσαι (Persai). It was originally broadcasted in October 31, 1961. The play deals with the aftermath of the Persian defeat in the battle of Salamis (480 BC), which makes it the only Greek tragedy that deals with a real historical event.