Boule de Suif
About Boule de Suif
In the Franco-Prussian War, a coach leaves Rouen under Prussian occupation. The passengers are bourgeois. With them is Elisabeth Rousset, a courtesan they call Boule de Suif. A Prussian officer holds the coach until she spends the night with him. The others urge her to do it, then will not speak to her once the coach moves. Galina Sergeyeva plays her. Mikhail Romm directed. The Russian title is Пышка.
Cast & crew
More about Boule de Suif
Romm also wrote it, from Guy de Maupassant's story. Boris Volchek photographed. Mikhail Chulaki composed. Released April 20, 1934. The listed length is 70 minutes. Faina Ranevskaya, Andrei Fajt, Anatoly Goryunov, and Pyotr Repnin are billed.
Themes
Look
Boris Volchek shot the coach and the occupied town.
Music
Mikhail Chulaki composed the score.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The snub comes after she does what they asked.
- Ranevskaya is in the coach party.
- Volchek is the cameraman.
- The picture is silent.
Scenes
- The officer stops the coach until she agrees.
- The others will not look at her once they are moving again.
Influenced by
- Guy de Maupassant's "Boule de Suif
