The read
A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10.
Synopsis
Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...
Ratings
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Francis GirodScreenplay
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Francis GirodDirector
- Jacques RouffioScreenplay
Cast
- Michel PiccoliGeorges Sarret
- Romy SchneiderPhilomena Schmidt
- Mascha GonskaCatherine Schmidt
- Philippe BrizardChambon
- Jean RigauxVillette
- Monica FiorentiniMagali
- Hubert DeschampsDetreuil
- Monique TarbèsNurse
- Andréa FerréolNoemie
- Francis ClaudeDoktor
- Luigi ZerbinatiCast
- Jean-Pierre HonoréCast
