Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry. To fight this scourge, King Louis XIV decides to create a special court named "La chambre ardente", designed to find and punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. An unexpected person, Mademoiselle de Scudéry, the famous poetess, will find herself entangled in the web of a criminal intrigue linked with the jewel murders, along with a a goldsmith, his daughter and her fiancé...
as Fräulein von Scuderi
as Cardillac
as Madelon
as Olivier Brusson
as St. Croix
as Miossens
as Maintenon
as Louis XIV
as La Regnie
as Degrais
as Louvois
as La Matiniere
as De la Fare
as Nanette
as Theaterdirektor
as Ganove
as Haushofmeister
as Bruder Menardus
as Der Mickrige
as Hofdame
as Tenor Colani
as Clochard
as Canton
as Baptiste
