Malpertuis

Overview

Adapted from a celebrated novel by 'the Belgian Edgar Allen Poe', Jean Ray, Harry Kümel's film sees a young sailor return to his family home Malpertuis - a labyrinthine mansion of endless corridors and secret chambers - to find it rife with intrigue. Ailing uncle Cassavius (Orson Welles) has pledged to divide his estate to his heirs, but only if they promise to never again leave the house.

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