104 minutes
8/13/1952
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.
Marcelle Arnold
as The Englishwoman (segment "Mouche")
Michel Bouquet
as Monsieur Lesable (segment "Zora")
Betty Daussmond
as Aunt Charlotte (segment "Coralie")
Moune de Rivel
as Zora (segment "Zora")
Agnès Delahaie
as Coralie Cachelin (segment "Héritage, L'")
Luc Andrieux
as An employee (segment "Coralie")
Madeleine Barbulée
as (segment "Coralie")
Claude Castaing
Georges Chamarat
as Boissel (segment "Mouche")
Henri Coutet
Cécile Damien
Gérard Darrieu
as A hussar (segment "Mouche")
Blanche Denège
Roland Dubillard
as An office boy (segment "Coralie")
Jacques Duby
as Antoine Boitelle (segment "Zora")
Jacqueline Duc
as Julie (segment "Mouche")
Catherine Erard
as Mouche (segment "Mouche")
Jacques Fabbri
as Albert (segment "Mouche")
Bernard Farrel
Guy Favières
as Father Savon (segment "Coralie")
Florelle
as The usherette
Jacques François
as Horace (segment "Mouche")
René Lefèvre
as Monsieur Cachelin (segment "Coralie")
Marcel Lupovici
as Captain Bouffard (segment "Zora")
Rodolphe Marcilly
as An office boy (segment "Coralie")
Maryse Martin
as Mother Boitelle (segment "Zora")
Franck Maurice
Jean Mercure
as (segment "Coralie")
Anne Moran
as Prudence
André Moreau
as The innkeeper (segment "Mouche")
Marcel Mouloudji
as Raoul (segment "Mouche")
Bernard Noël
as Monsieur Maze (segment "Coralie")
Pierre Olaf
as "P'tit bleu" (segment "Mouche")
Jean Ozenne
as The notary (segment "Coralie")
Maryse Paillet
as The maid (segment "Coralie")
Pierre Palau
as Monsieur Torcheboeuf (segment "Coralie")
Raymond Pellegrin
as Julien (segment "Mouche")
Sarah Rafale
Max Rogerys
as Marcello (segment "Mouche")
Jean-Pierre Serreau
as An employee (segment "Coralie")
Germaine Stainval
Rosy Varte
as Paméla (segment "Coralie")
Julien Verdier
as Father Boitelle (segment "Zora")
Serge Witta
Yvonne Yma
as The cousin (segment "Zora")