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Boule de Suif (1934)

★ 6.2/10 64 min Drama Soviet Union Russian
Director: Mikhail Romm
Writer: Mikhail Romm
Short Story: Guy de Maupassant
Streaming: Not available
For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute

Description

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...

Top Cast

Galina Sergeyeva
Galina Sergeyeva Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif)
Andrey Fayt
Andrey Fayt prussian officer
Anatoli Goryunov
Anatoli Goryunov Mr. Louiseau, wine merchant
Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Ranevskaya Mme. Loiseau
Pyotr Repnin
Pyotr Repnin Mr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant
Tatyana Okunevskaya
Tatyana Okunevskaya Mme Carré-Lamadon
Mikhail Mukhin
Mikhail Mukhin Count de Bréville
Yevgeniya Mezentseva Countess

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