Boule de Suif (1934)
A film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Guy de Maupassant. The action takes place in the XIX century. Franco-Prussian War of 1870. A group of French bourgeois leaves in a stagecoach from Rouen occupied by Prussian troops. Along with them comes one attractive demimonde lady. The only way to get out is to persuade her, nicknamed "Ball-of-Fat" a la "Boule-de-Suif" to satisfy the lust of the head of the gendarmerie...
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Mikhail Romm
Writing:
- Guy de Maupassant
- Mikhail Romm
Stars:
Release Date: 1934-09-15
6.1/10
6.1/10
- Country: SU
- Language: No Language
- Runtime: 64
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Mme Carré-Lamadon
Mr. Louiseau, wine merchant
Mr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant
Mme. Loiseau
prussian officer
German soldier (uncredited)
Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif)
german soldier
elderly nun
Narrator (1955 release)
