Boule de Suif

"For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute"

1934 1h 4m RU

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★6.2TMDB · 19

Drama

Synopsis

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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...

“For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute”

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Cast

Galina Sergeyeva
Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif)
Andrey Fayt
prussian officer
Anatoli Goryunov
Mr. Louiseau, wine merchant
Faina Ranevskaya
Mme. Loiseau
Pyotr Repnin
Mr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant
Tatyana Okunevskaya
Mme Carré-Lamadon
Mikhail Mukhin
Count de Bréville
Yevgeniya Mezentseva
Countess

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mikhail Romm
Writers: Mikhail Romm, Guy de Maupassant
Languages: No Language
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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92 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mikhail Romm, shot by Boris Volchek. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mikhail Chulaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Galina Sergeyeva and Andrey Fayt and Anatoli Goryunov carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0025691 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mikhail Romm directs. Boris Volchek behind the camera. Mikhail Chulaki scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in No Language.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
292 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Mikhail Romm, shot by Boris Volchek. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mikhail Chulaki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Galina Sergeyeva and Andrey Fayt and Anatoli Goryunov carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute".
8IMDB entry: tt0025691 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.