The Manor House of Fear (Le Manoir de la peur)

The Manor Of Fear

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In a small village of France...

...where, thanks to the old customs of its inhabitants,

life was peaceful and sweet.

Grandmothers happily retold terrible little histories

of phantoms and ghosts.

But on the endless ribbons of steel out on the plain...

...a monster brought troubles to the quiet of the small village.

Yvaine Marchal, a charming village girl - (Miss Lynn Areel)

Her father, a patriot brusque and taciturn.

Every year, in St Juan, the small village Beareaus rejoices in joy.

Yvaine was secretly promised to Jean, loyal and brave,

yet a man without a fortune.

- - Jean, you must decide when I can ask your father for your hand.

Father... Jean would like to talk to you...

- I love Yvaine and would be happy if you give me her hand.

- I will never give my girl to a beggar like you!

At the inn of Maître Cornélius, prince of restaurants,

they prepare a happy party.

Surroundings of the village.

Satan?

Disgrace?

Death?

The mysterious man.

The strange appearance suddenly freezes the joy from faces.

- A room for me and the best place in the stable for my horse.

The thing is...

- Do so, and give him give him a double ration of oats.

Next day, after the fest.

What is that mansion on the heights?

- It's a haunted house, Which nobody dares approach.

It is located behind the cemetery...

...during stormy nights, laments are clearly heard

of appearances!

Is the house for sale?

- To repeat, you told me it is behind the cemetery?

The unusual project did not take long to become the...

...the topic of local conversations.

- And I tell you that this can only be the devil in person!

Jean, to forget his grief...

- Excuse my indiscretion, but you touched my soul, that I could not

avoid listening.

- Father, see the stranger? I'm afraid!

Days later a team of workers came to repair the haunted house.

Finished with their work, the workers depart.

Yet the foreigner stayed.

Cagno, servant and assistant for the new owner of the house,

He had a strange appearance, Like the lord over him...

The intelligent animal, with a surprising ability,

trained to imitate each gesture it saw.

During the absences of his master, Cagno dedicated himself to

his singular exercises.

Seek!

Among the inhabitants of the village,

only Jean befriended the foreigner.

- We love each other, but her father opposes our happiness.

Cagno continued his strange training.

One night...

All around, nothing but silence and shadows.

A first attempt.

Marcal, the father of Yvaine, rested peacefully.

An unusual noise came from downstairs...

...Father!

The Investigation.

Mr. Babouin, the Honorable Mayor, had trouble discerning the truth.

I saw only shadows.

Sealed lips do not point to any suspects.

- Pardine, that boy, Jean, did it. To take revenge.

and to have the daughter!

The next night.

- Last night, someone entered my home and stole the jewelbox!