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The Island of Thirty Coffins
5.5 / 10• 1979• 5h 0m•NR• French
AdventureDramaThriller
Storyline
The story takes place in 1917. Véronique is a young woman of 35 years, nurse at the military hospital of Besançon. She suddenly learns of the murder of her husband, the mysterious Count Vorski, whom she has not seen for fourteen years. Her research will also lead her to the track of her father and son whom she believed to have died in a shipwreck, already a long time ago. From clue to clue, here we are in Brittany, on this island with a name so ill-fitting... Brutal deaths, enigmatic words written... by whom? A frightening prophecy, the superstitious terror of the island's inhabitants, and suddenly, Veronica d'Hergemont can no longer leave this island. She's stuck alone. Almost alone...
Cast & Crew
Claude Jade
Véronique d'Hergemont
Lead
Jean-Paul Zehnacker
Alexis Vorski
Yves Beneyton
Philippe Maroux
Georges Marchal
Antoine d'Hergemont
PS
Pascal Sellier
François d'Hergemont / Éric Vorski
JP
Julie Philippe
Elfriede Vorski
Marie Mergey
Honorine
Pierre Semmler
Otto
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Marcel Cravenne's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Island of Thirty Coffins is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
