Boule de Suif

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...

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

64 minutes

Year:

1934

Director:

Mikhail Romm

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Company:

Mosfilm

Cast:

Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif)

prussian officer

Mr. Louiseau, wine merchant

Mme. Loiseau

Mr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant

Crew:

Director

Assistant Director

Production Design

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer