Drama · Soviet Union · 1934 · 1h 4m

Boule de Suif

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Director
Mikhail Romm
Cast
Galina Sergeyeva as Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif) Andrey Fayt as prussian officer Anatoli Goryunov as Mr. Louiseau, wine merchant Faina Ranevskaya as Mme. Loiseau Pyotr Repnin as Mr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant Tatyana Okunevskaya as Mme Carré-Lamadon
Crew
Boris Volchek — Director of Photography Mikhail Chulaki — Original Music Composer Mikhail Romm — Writer Yosyp Shpinel — Production Design Pyotr Beitner — Production Design
Tagline

For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute

Synopsis

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...

Key Collaborators
Mikhail Romm Director Boris Volchek Director of Photography Mikhail Chulaki Original Music Composer Mikhail Romm Writer Yosyp Shpinel Production Design Pyotr Beitner Production Design
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