Backbiters
6.2
About the conflict between social classes through the life of the unhappy Catherine Ferrand, an orphan girl, who is a victim of the jealousy of women and the greed of men.
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Cast
22 people
Catherine Hessling
Catherine Ferrand
Known for
The Little Match Girl
Albert Dieudonné
Maurice Laisné
Known for
Napoleon
The Assassination of the Duke de Guise
Jean Bachelet
Eugénie Nau
Madame Laisné
Also in
L'Assommoir
Les batailles de la vie - Épisode 2: Le saboteur
Alphonse Gibory
Louis Gauthier
Georges Mallet
Also in
A Man's Head
The Red Head
Leopardi de Boyon
Maud Richard
Madame Mallet
Also in
The Reflection of Claude Mercoeur
Barberousse
Pierre Champagne
le fils Mallet
Also in
Whirlpool of Fate
Nana
Georges Térof
Gédéon Grave
Known for
La Roue
Jean Renoir
le sous-préfet
Known for
The Rules of the Game
A Day in the Country
Oléo
une prostituée
Also in
A Man's Head
Pluie d'or
Jean Renoir Director · Albert Dieudonné Director Pierre Lestringuez Screenplay
United States release July 20, 1981 · Produced in France · Original title Une vie sans joie
Production
Les Films Jean Renoir
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Une vie sans joie
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 16, 1927
London
France · November 9, 1927
Theatrical · Cinéma Max Linder, Paris.
United States · July 20, 1981
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
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