Based on the Gothic horror novel by Belgian author Jean Ray, this film version stars Orson Welles as the intimating Cassavius, an aging, bedridden old man who is ruler of his mansion. His sailor nephew (Mathieu Carriere) has taken leave from his ship to visit his sister. However Cassavius has convinced him, and all the other bizarre characters (with actress Susan Hampshire playing three different women), to forever stay at Malpertuis as a condition of his Last Will and Testament. The existence at the chateau is surreal to say the least.
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