Three Women

104 mins
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.

Marcelle Arnold

The Englishwoman (segment "Mouche")

Michel Bouquet

Monsieur Lesable (segment "Zora")

Betty Daussmond

Aunt Charlotte (segment "Coralie")

Moune de Rivel

Zora (segment "Zora")

Agnès Delahaie

Coralie Cachelin (segment "Héritage, L'")

Luc Andrieux

An employee (segment "Coralie")

Madeleine Barbulée

(segment "Coralie")

Georges Chamarat

Boissel (segment "Mouche")

Gérard Darrieu

A hussar (segment "Mouche")

Roland Dubillard

An office boy (segment "Coralie")

Jacques Duby

Antoine Boitelle (segment "Zora")

Jacqueline Duc

Julie (segment "Mouche")

Catherine Erard

Mouche (segment "Mouche")

Jacques Fabbri

Albert (segment "Mouche")

Guy Favières

Father Savon (segment "Coralie")

Florelle

The usherette

Jacques François

Horace (segment "Mouche")

René Lefèvre

Monsieur Cachelin (segment "Coralie")

Marcel Lupovici

Captain Bouffard (segment "Zora")

Rodolphe Marcilly

An office boy (segment "Coralie")

Maryse Martin

Mother Boitelle (segment "Zora")

Jean Mercure

(segment "Coralie")

Anne Moran

Prudence

André Moreau

The innkeeper (segment "Mouche")

Marcel Mouloudji

Raoul (segment "Mouche")

Bernard Noël

Monsieur Maze (segment "Coralie")

Pierre Olaf

"P'tit bleu" (segment "Mouche")

Jean Ozenne

The notary (segment "Coralie")

Maryse Paillet

The maid (segment "Coralie")

Pierre Palau

Monsieur Torcheboeuf (segment "Coralie")

Raymond Pellegrin

Julien (segment "Mouche")

Max Rogerys

Marcello (segment "Mouche")

Jean-Pierre Serreau

An employee (segment "Coralie")

Rosy Varte

Paméla (segment "Coralie")

Julien Verdier

Father Boitelle (segment "Zora")

Yvonne Yma

The cousin (segment "Zora")

Mayo

Costume Design

Alexandre Hinkis

Production Design

Henri Alekan

Director of Photography

Louis Beydts

Original Music Composer

Maurice Barry

Director of Photography

Georges Van Parys

Original Music Composer

André Bac

Director of Photography

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