The Devil's Envoys (1942) on Netflix
NR19422h 1mDramaFantasyRomance
Posing as traveling minstrels, Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues on the night of his daughter Anne's engagement. The Devil sent the pair to ruin the match.
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Plot summary
In May 1485, Gilles and Dominique reach the castle of Baron Hugues while the household celebrates the engagement of his daughter Anne to Renaud. The pair present themselves as traveling minstrels and enter the castle. In truth the Devil has sent them, and neither of the two is in love: they are his envoys, and their powers of enticement are meant to ruin the coming marriage and drive the castle's people to despair. Gilles sets out to charm the innocent Anne, while Dominique casts her spell over both the Baron and over Renaud, Anne's intended, a warlord who speaks of battle more readily than of love.
Cast
- Janine Berryas (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Devil's Envoys (1942)
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Wartime murmurs that the film was an allegory helped make it a huge success: many saw the Devil as Hitler, and the lovers' continued beating hearts as France living under German rule. Marcel Carné insisted until his death that any allegory was unconscious.- With censorship tightening during the war, Marcel Carné deliberately chose a historical, fantastical story for Les Visiteurs du Soir because he believed it would give the censors little trouble.
