| The Wolf of the Malveneurs | |
| Director: | Guillaume Radot |
| Producer: | André Mallet Guillaume Radot |
| Starring: | Madeleine Sologne Pierre Renoir Gabrielle Dorziat |
| Music: | Maurice Thiriet Marceau Van Hoorebecke |
| Cinematography: | Pierre Montazel |
| Editing: | Émilienne Nelissen |
| Studio: | Union Technique Cinematographique |
| Distributor: | La Société des Films Sirius |
| Runtime: | 99 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
The Wolf of the Malveneurs (French: Le loup des Malveneur) is a 1943 French mystery horror film directed by Guillaume Radot and starring Madeleine Sologne, Pierre Renoir and Gabrielle Dorziat.[1] It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris with location shooting at the Château d'Anjony in Tournemire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Magniez. It is Gothic in style with use of chiaroscuro lighting. It was part of a group of films produced in German-occupied France that used fantasy or historical costume settings to subtly express dissent.[2]
The Malveneur family live at the same gloomy, isolated castle in the countryside they have held for centuries. The current owner Reginald de Malveneur strongly believes in an ancient curse that turned one of his ancestors into a werewolf. As he has only a daughter rather than a son he will be the last of the line, unless his obsessive scientific experiments in his laboratory bear fruit. A young governess arrives from Paris to educate Malveneur's daughter. When both Malveneur, his gamekeeper and his wife disappear or die within weeks of each other, the governess join forces with a young painter to investigate the mystery.