Eustache, a young cloth merchant's clerk preparing to marry Javotte, his boss's daughter, has his fortune told by a strange magician: "You will die greater than you have lived!" he tells him. The prophecy seems wonderful. "But you will die hanged!" he continues. Frightened, Eustache is willing to do anything to escape his fate and agrees to pledge his right hand, renamed the "Hand of Glory," to the magician...
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Pierre Maxence
Eustache
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Nathalie Juvet
Javotte
Known for
Marquis
Dossier 51
Alain Mottet
Maître Chevassut
Known for
Inspector Blunder
Last Known Address
Thierry Dufour
Joseph
Also in
Captive Women 4
Roland Monod
Maître Gonin
Known for
A Man Escaped
The War Is Over
Serge Lhorca
Goubard
Known for
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
Michel Subiela Director · Gérard de Nerval Writer
First release October 5, 1974 · Produced in France
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France
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French
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French
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France · October 5, 1974
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