Les insoumises
Four noble ladies, four widows, live in isolation in a Berry ch teau. There's the Mme de Bussange, her two sisters Sylvie and Hélène, her sister-in-law Elisabeth and her little boy, who alone will pass on the family name. Two men come along: Gilbert and René, bringing trouble and confusion. Gilbert courts Hélène, while René becomes attached to Elisabeth. Relations between the widows become strained and heated, until an attempt is made on Elisabeth's life. The culprit, Sylvie, kills herself. In despair, Mme de Bussange sets fire to the castle and dies in the inferno.
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Cast
13 people
Odile Versois
Hélène
Known for
Cartouche
Drummer-Crab
Jany Holt
Sylvie
Known for
Gervaise
The Lower Depths
Claude Dolbert
René Gaveau
Jacques Chabannes
Jacques Berthier
Gilbert Depreux
Known for
UFO Robot Grendizer
Michel Kagansky
Maurice Teynac
René Perrault
Known for
The Trial
State of Siege
Elisa Lamotte
Elisabeth
Also in
The Spice of Life
Fortuné de Marseille
Lucienne Le Marchand
La Marquise de Bussange
Also in
Mr. Klein
Blind Venus
Jim Gérald
Pére Hector
Known for
The Barefoot Contessa
Moulin Rouge
Pauline Carton
Hortense, la bonne
Known for
The Blood of a Poet
The Story of a Cheat
René Gaveau Director · Jacques Chabannes Writer Claude Dolbert Writer
First release August 22, 1956
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · August 22, 1956
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No release date listed for United States.
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