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The Executioner of Lille: Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. With Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Lebon, Armando Francioli, Maria Grazia Francia. An official, betrayed by his lady servant, joins musketeers such as Athos, while she turns into a countess and a spy that will eventually be executed.
As twisted and as deceitful as his mother, he sets about avenging her death, posing as a monk and murdering the executioner of Lille while taking his confession. He also murders Lord de Winter, Milady's brother-in-law, who raised him after the death of his mother.
“The executioner of Lille, the executioner of Lille!” cried Milady, a prey to insensate terror, and clinging with her hands to the wall to avoid falling. Every one drew back, and the man in the red cloak remained standing alone in the middle of the room.
Vittorio Cottafavi is a prolific and largely unsung genre director with a distinctly pictorial style which is well in evidence here, right from the arresting pre-credit sequence that cleverly gives a foretaste of a crucial moment from the climax: the entrapment of Milady in a barn by the titular executioner and the four musketeers.
Cast & crew. User reviews. IMDbPro. All topics. Plot. The Executioner of Lille. Summaries. An official, betrayed by his lady servant, joins musketeers such as Athos, while she turns into a countess and a spy that will eventually be executed. Anne, a young boarder in a convent, escapes and spends the night with a young lieutenant, Herbert.
The executioner of Lille. The executioner of Lille, the brother of the priest who was Milady’s first victim. He beheads her and thus avenges his brother. De Treville
The Executioner of Lille United Kingdom. Action. Adventure. Drama. Based on Book. Black and White. 1600s. An official, betrayed by his lady servant, joins musketeers such as Athos, while she turns into a countess and a spy that will eventually be executed.
