Boule de Suif
Original title: Пышка
“For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute”
6.2/ 10IMDb7.419
19341h 4m
Overview
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...
Top-billed cast
- TTatyana Okunevskaya
- MMikhail Mukhin
- NNina Sukhotskaya
- YYevgeniya Mezentseva
- VValentina Kuznetsova
- KKarl Gurnyak
- PPyotr Repnin
- GGalina Sergeyeva
- FFaina Ranevskaya
- AAnatoli Goryunov
Crew
- Director
- Mikhail Romm
- Writers
- Guy de Maupassant, Mikhail Romm
- Producer
- Nikolai Vladimirov
- Production
- Mosfilm
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Frequently asked questions
What is Boule de Suif rated?
Boule de Suif has an audience rating of 6.2 out of 10 from 19 votes.
Who directed Boule de Suif?
Boule de Suif was directed by Mikhail Romm.
When was Boule de Suif released?
Boule de Suif was released in 1934.