Bethsabée
5.2
Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that one of Arabella's previous amours, Captain Somerville (Paul Meurisse), is also serving at the same post. So much for joining the Foreign Legion to forget. A climactic knife duel "solves" the film's various plot complications. Despite its Foreign Legion background, Bethsabee has next to no action, which must have made things difficult when the film was distributed to the U.S.
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Danielle Darrieux
Arabella Delvert
Known for
Persepolis
The Earrings of Madame de...
Georges Marchal
Le capitaine Georges Dubreuil
Known for
The Colossus of Rhodes
Death in the Garden
Jean Murat
Le Colonel de Cervière
Known for
Carnival in Flanders
The Possessors
Paul Meurisse
Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
Known for
Army of Shadows
Diabolique
Pierre-Louis
Le lieutenant Testard (as Pierre Louis)
Known for
The Cow and I
Razzia
Olivier Darrieux
Le chauffeur
Known for
Panique
France Mooréa
Also in
Fort De La Solitude
Mahlia the Mestiza
Nicolas Vogel
L'adjudant
Known for
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
The Pariah
Larbi Tounsi
(as Tounsi)
Also in
Daughter of the Sands
Beware of Blondes
Robert Darène
Le major
Also in
The Unknown Road
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Andrée Clément
Evelyne - la fille du colonel, maîtresse de Sommerville
Also in
Rhine Virgin
Devil's Daughter
José Davilla
Petit rôle (uncredited)
Also in
Dream Ballerina
Anger of the Gods
Léonide Moguy Director · Pierre Benoît Author Joseph Kosma Composer
First release November 21, 1947 · Produced in France · Production Les Films Corona
Production
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Production
Les Films Corona
Production
France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 21, 1947
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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