Three Women

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

André Michel

Writers

Claude Accursi, Jean Ferry, Guy de Maupassant

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

13 August 1952

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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")