Synopsis
Félix de Vandenesse's youthful love for the beautiful, inaccessible Madame de Mortsauf, who devotes her life to a half-mad husband and two fragile children. Madame de Mortsauf maintains a friendly, tender relationship. But when she learns of the young man's affair with an Englishwoman, she dies of jealousy and regret.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Marcel CravenneScreenplay
- Armand LanouxScreenplay
- Marcel CravenneDirector
- Honoré de BalzacWriter
Cast
- Delphine SeyrigMadame de Mortsauf
- Richard LeducFélix de Vandenesse
- Georges MarchalM. de Mortsauf
- Alexandra StewartArabelle, Lady Dudley
- André LuguetM. de Chessel
- Jean BoloLe prêtre
- Fred PersonneDocteur Origet
- Hélène DucMadame de Vandenesse
- Blanche ArielMadame de Lenoncourt
- Marcel LemarchandSébastien
- Reine BartèveManette
- Georges MantaxLe maire