Boule de Suif (1934)

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 Sept. 15, 1934 64 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.woman, aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Mosfilm

Country: Soviet Union
Production Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian, No Language