Boule de Suif

(1934)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 19 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1934

Runtime: 64 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Михаил Ромм

Cast: Галина Сергеева, Андрей Файт, Анатолий Горюнов, Фаина Раневская, Пётр Репнин, Татьяна Окуневская, Михаил Мухин, Евгения Мезенцева, София Левитина, Нина Сухотская

Plot

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...