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Boule de Suif

For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute

1934 1 hour 4 minutes
68/100

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A film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Guy de Maupassant. The action takes place in the XIX century. Franco-Prussian War of 1870. A group of French bourgeois leaves in a stagecoach from Rouen occupied by Prussian troops. Along with them comes one attractive demimonde lady. The only way to get out is to persuade her, nicknamed "Ball-of-Fat" a la "Boule-de-Suif" to satisfy the lust of the head of the gendarmerie...

Released

15th September 1934

92 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 4 minutes

Finishes at 1:30pm

Ratings and awards

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    7.4/10

  • TMDb Logo

    62%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    68%

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Directed by

Mikhail Romm

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Written by

Mikhail Romm

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