Le Plaisir
1952 · 1 hr 37 min
Not Rated7.680%85%76%
Three stories about pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women, pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Julia Tellier (Madeleine Renaud) taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion, pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean (Daniel Gélin) the painter falling in love with his model, pleasure and death.
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Directed By
Max OphülsWritten By
Max Ophüls, Guy de Maupassant, Jacques NatansonStudio
Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC), Stera Films, C.C.F.CCast of Le Plaisir
Claude Dauphinle docteur
Gaby MorlayDenise - la femme d'Ambroise
Madeleine RenaudJulia Tellier
Ginette LeclercMadame Flora dite Balançoire
Mila ParélyMadame Raphaële
Danielle DarrieuxMadame Rosa
Pierre BrasseurJulien Ledentu
Jean GabinJoseph Rivet
Jean Servaisl'ami de Jean
Daniel GélinJean
Simone SimonJoséphine
Philippe de ChériseyFrédéric
Paul AzaïsLe patron du bal
Antoine BalpêtréMonsieur Poulain
René BlancardLe maire
Henri CrémieuxMonsieur Pimpesse
Gaby BruyèreFrimousse
Mathilde CasadesusMadame Louise dite Cocotte
Arthur DevèreLe contrôleur du train
Paulette DubostMadame Fernande
Jean GallandAmbroise
Jocelyne JanyLa petite Constance Rivet
Robert LombardMonsieur Philippe
Héléna MansonMarie Rivet
Marcel PérèsMonsieur Duvert
Jean MeyerMonsieur Dupuis
Louis SeignerMonsieur Tourneveau
Michel VadetLe marin
Janine ViénotLa poule du docteur
Charles VissièresLe vieux normand dans le train
Peter UstinovNarrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
Adolf WohlbrückNarrator, German version