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.
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Marcelle Arnold
The Englishwoman (segment "Mouche")
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Michel Bouquet
Monsieur Lesable (segment "Zora")
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Betty Daussmond
Aunt Charlotte (segment "Coralie")
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Zora (segment "Zora")
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Agnès Delahaie
Coralie Cachelin (segment "Héritage, L'")
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Luc Andrieux
An employee (segment "Coralie")
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Madeleine Barbulée
(segment "Coralie")
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The Miser
Claude Castaing
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Casque d'Or
Georges Chamarat
Boissel (segment "Mouche")
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The Wing or the Thigh?
Diabolique
Henri Coutet
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Cesar and Rosalie
Cécile Damien
Gérard Darrieu
A hussar (segment "Mouche")
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André Michel Director · Jean Ferry Writer Claude Accursi Writer
Director
André Michel
Writer
Jean Ferry
Writer
Claude Accursi
Story
Guy de Maupassant
Composer
Georges Van Parys
Composer
Louis Beydts
Cinematographer
Henri Alekan
Cinematographer
André Bac
Cinematographer
Maurice Barry
Editor
Victoria Mercanton
Production designer
Alexandre Hinkis
Costume designer
Mayo
First release June 25, 1952 · Produced in France · Production Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
Production
Silver Films
Production
Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
Production
France
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Original title
Trois femmes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Germany · June 25, 1952
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
France · August 13, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
November 29, 1956 · Theatrical
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