The Phantom Baron
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Elfy, Countess of Saint-Hélié's daughter, was brought up with her foster sister Anne, in an old dilapidated castle whose landlord, Baron Julius Carol, disappeared mysteriously some day. The two girls had a playmate, Hervé, the son of the gamekeeper. Now that they are adult, Anne is in love with Hervé while Elfy thinks she loves the young man. One day, the baron's mummified body is found in an oubliette and the secret of the estate is revealed...
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André Lefaur
Eustache Dauphin dit Monseigneur, le faux Louis XVII
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Elfy
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Serge de Poligny Director · Louis Chavance Screenplay Jean Cocteau Writer
United States release December 11, 1977 · Produced in France · Original title Le Baron fantôme
Production
Consortium de Productions de Films
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le Baron fantôme
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · June 16, 1943
Theatrical
United States · December 11, 1977
Theatrical
Belgium
September 21, 1945 · Theatrical
France
March 14, 1990 · Physical · VHS
Portugal
April 21, 1948 · Theatrical
XC
August 30, 1946 · Theatrical
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