Film
Boule de Suif
1934Directed by Mikhail Romm
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
About Boule de Suif
- Drama
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...
- Director
- Mikhail Romm
- Writers
- Mikhail Romm
- Guy de Maupassant
- Original title
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