Asmodée

Marcelle de Barthas is young French widow, who since her husband’s death some seven years previously, has lived a secluded life in her country house, with her four children. The eldest one, Emmy, is a beautiful and pure young girl of seventeen, who tentatively believes she has a calling to the religious life. The second child, Bertrand, aged fifteen, has been sent to England for an exchange holiday with a young English boy, Harry Fanning, and when the play opens, the French children are excitedly awaiting his arrival. Also living with the family is a French governess, and a tutor, Blaise Lebel. Lebel has a sombre power over the family, and it is the ‘intrusion’ of Harry that sets in motion in him a wave of resentment and fear.

Marius Goring

Blaise Lebel

Helen Cherry

Marcelle de Barthas

Pamela Buck

Emmanuele

Maureen Pryor

Mademoiselle

John Bown

Harry Fanning

Ian Fleming

The Curé

Frederick Victor

Jacques

Ronnie Raymond

Jean

Waveney Lee

Anne

Max Latimer

Chauffeur

• François MauriacWriter
• Basil BartlettWriter
• Harold ClaytonProducer

Release date

June 9, 1959

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama