Boule de Suif (1934)
Drama
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...
Cast
Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif)
prussian officer
Mr. Cornudet
german soldier
maid of the hotel
Mr. Louiseau, wine merchant
Mme. Loiseau
Mr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant
Mme Carré-Lamadon
Count de Bréville
Countess
elderly nun
young nun
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