Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women – pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece’s communion – pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model – pleasure and death.
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Film Cast:
- le docteur: Claude Dauphin
- Denise – la femme d’Ambroise: Gaby Morlay
- Julia Tellier: Madeleine Renaud
- Madame Flora dite Balançoire: Ginette Leclerc
- Madame Raphaële: Mila Parély
- Madame Rosa: Danielle Darrieux
- Julien Ledentu: Pierre Brasseur
- Joseph Rivet: Jean Gabin
- l’ami de Jean: Jean Servais
- Jean: Daniel Gélin
- Joséphine: Simone Simon
- Frédéric: Philippe de Chérisey
- Le patron du bal: Paul Azaïs
- Monsieur Poulain: Antoine Balpêtré
- Le maire: René Blancard
- Monsieur Pimpesse: Henri Crémieux
- Frimousse: Gaby Bruyère
- Madame Louise dite Cocotte: Mathilde Casadesus
- Le contrôleur du train: Arthur Devère
- Madame Fernande: Paulette Dubost
- Ambroise: Jean Galland
- La petite Constance Rivet: Jocelyne Jany
- Monsieur Philippe: Robert Lombard
- Marie Rivet: Héléna Manson
- Monsieur Duvert: Marcel Pérès
- Monsieur Dupuis: Jean Meyer
- Monsieur Tourneveau: Louis Seigner
- Le marin: Michel Vadet
- La poule du docteur: Janine Viénot
- Le vieux normand dans le train: Charles Vissières
- Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit): Peter Ustinov
- Narrator, German version: Adolf Wohlbrück
Film Crew:
- Scenario Writer: Jacques Natanson
- Director: Max Ophüls
- Editor: Léonide Azar
- Story: Guy de Maupassant
- Production Director: Édouard Harispuru
- Director of Photography: Philippe Agostini
- Director of Photography: Christian Matras
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