The Island of Thirty Coffins
| Author | Maurice Leblanc |
|---|---|
| Language | French |
| Genre | Detective novel |
Publication date | 1919 |
| Media type |
The Island of Thirty Coffins (L’Île aux trente cercueils) is a 1919 novel by Maurice Leblanc featuring his gentleman thief Arsène Lupin.
Television adaptation
A 1979 television series adaptation of Maurice Leblanc's novel was directed by Marcel Cravenne. It stars Claude Jade as Véronique d'Hergemont, a female protagonist, who is on the run and on searching for her father and her son, involved in horrible adventures on a terrific island. The story proceeds in 1917. Veronique d' Hergemont (Claude Jade) is a 35-year-old nurse at the military hospital of Besançon. She suddenly learns of the assassination of her husband, the mysterious Count Vorski (Jean-Paul Zehnacker), whom she has not seen for fourteen years. Her research will also lead her on the track of her father and her son whom she believed dead in a shipwreck years earlier.
Cast
- Claude Jade as Véronique d'Hergemont
- Jean-Paul Zehnacker as Alexis Vorski
- Georges Marchal as Antoine d'Hergemont
- Pascal Sellier as François d'Hergemont
- Yves Beneyton as Philippe Maroux