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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Odile VersoisHélène
Jany HoltSylvie
Jacques BerthierGilbert Depreux
Maurice TeynacRené Perrault
Elisa LamotteElisabeth
Lucienne Le MarchandLa Marquise de Bussange
Jim GéraldPére Hector
Pauline CartonHortense, la bonneExplore the crew
- Writer
- Jacques Chabannes
- Writer
- Claude Dolbert
- Director
- René Gaveau
- Producer
- Claude Dolbert
- Producer
- Michel Kagansky
- Original Music Composer
- Marcel Landowski
- Director of Photography
- Pierre Dolley
- Editor
- Jeannette Berton
- Editor
- Claude Gros