Film

Three Women

1952 · 1h 44m · Comedy

IMDb

5.7

The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women falling in love. In the first, a black female carnival entertainer causes an uproar when she falls in love with a white soldier. In the second, a young bride is pressured into having a baby to collect a huge inheritance. And in the final episode, a pregnant girl is "adopted" and protected by a small circle of friends. In standard De Maupassant fashion, each of the three stories in Trois Femmes is capped by a surprise twist.

Marcelle Arnold

The Englishwoman (segment "Mouche")

Michel Bouquet

Monsieur Lesable (segment "Zora")

Betty Daussmond

Aunt Charlotte (segment "Coralie")

Moune de Rivel

Zora (segment "Zora")

Agnès Delahaie

Coralie Cachelin (segment "Héritage, L'")

Luc Andrieux

An employee (segment "Coralie")

Madeleine Barbulée

(segment "Coralie")

Claude Castaing

Georges Chamarat

Boissel (segment "Mouche")

Henri Coutet

Cécile Damien

Gérard Darrieu

A hussar (segment "Mouche")

Blanche Denège

Roland Dubillard

An office boy (segment "Coralie")

Jacques Duby

Antoine Boitelle (segment "Zora")

Jacqueline Duc

Julie (segment "Mouche")

• André MichelDirector
• Jean FerryWriter
• Claude AccursiWriter
• Guy de MaupassantStory
• Robert DorfmannProducer
• Pierre Lévy-CortiProducer
• Henri AlekanDirector of Photography
• Maurice BarryDirector of Photography
• André BacDirector of Photography
• Louis BeydtsOriginal Music Composer

Release date

August 13, 1952

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Comedy