Black Humor
1965•1h 52m•6.0•Released
Comedy
A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.
Director
Claude Autant-Lara
Writer
Pierre Bost, Guy de Maupassant, Jean Aurenche
Languages
French, Italian, Spanish
Studio
Época Films
Cast
Pierre Brasseur
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Jean Richard
Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Sylvie
La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)
Alida Valli
The Widow - segment 3 'La cornacchia'
Pauline Carton
La Rapet - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Paulette Dubost
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Robert Arnoux
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Jacques Marin
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Jean Martinelli
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Pierre Repp
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Emma Penella
Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
José Luis López Vázquez
Jacinto - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Leo Anchóriz
Gayton - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Madame Parlow
segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Agustín González
segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Production
Company
Época Films
Company
Sagittario Film
Company
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
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