Three Women

Three Women

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.

Cast for Three Women...

Marcelle Arnold
The Englishwoman
Michel Bouquet
Monsieur Lesable (segment "Zora")
Betty Daussmond
Aunt Charlotte
Moune de Rivel
Zora (segment "Zora")
Agnès Delahaie
Coralie Cachelin (segment "Héritage, L'")
Luc Andrieux
An employee
Roland Dubillard
An office boy
Jacques Duby
Antoine Boitelle (segment "Zora")
Catherine Erard
Mouche (segment "Mouche")
Jacques Fabbri
Albert (segment "Mouche")
Guy Favières
Father Savon
Florelle
The usherette
Jacques François
Horace (segment "Mouche")
René Lefèvre
Monsieur Cachelin (segment "Coralie")
Rodolphe Marcilly
An office boy
Maryse Martin
Mother Boitelle ("Zora" segment)
Anne Moran
Prudence
André Moreau
The innkeeper
Marcel Mouloudji
Raoul (segment "Mouche")
Bernard Noël
Monsieur Maze (segment "Coralie")
Pierre Olaf
"P'tit bleu" (segment "Mouche")
Jean Ozenne
The notary
Pierre Palau
Monsieur Torcheboeuf (segment "Coralie")
Raymond Pellegrin
Julien (segment "Mouche")
Max Rogerys
Marcello
Rosy Varte
Paméla
Julien Verdier
Father Boitelle ("Zora" segment)
Yvonne Yma
The cousin