La Fiancée des ténèbres

La Fiancée des tenèbres
Film poster
Directed bySerge de Poligny
Written byGaston Bonheur
Serge de Poligny
Jean Anouilh (uncredited)
Henri Calef (uncredited)
Based ona short story by Gaston Bonheur
StarringPierre Richard-Willm
Jany Holt
CinematographyRoger Hubert
Edited byJean Feyte
Music byMarcel Mirouze
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byUnion Française de Production Cinématographique
Cinédis
Gaumont
Release date
  • 22 March 1945 (1945-03-22)
Running time
92 minutes (2019 Blu-ray restoration)
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

La Fiancée des ténèbres ("the fiancée of darkness") is a 1945 French film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Pierre Richard-Willm and Jany Holt. It was one of a small number of films in the fantastique genre made during the German occupation of France. Although filmed in 1944, its completion was delayed by the Liberation and it was not shown until 1945. The film is set in the city of Carcassonne in south-west France.