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The Seven Deadly Sins
[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 159
Released: 1962-03-07
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Studios:
Les Films Gibé, Franco London Films, Titanus,
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.
Director / Directors
Cast
Paul Préboist
Character: Alphonse - le Facteur (segment "La gourmandise")
Jean Desailly
Character: Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Micheline Presle
Character: Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Marina Vlady
Character: Catherine Lartigue - la Femme (segment "L'orgueuil")
Sami Frey
Character: François - l'Amant (segment "L'orgueuil")
Nane Germon
Character: La Dame au Café (segment "La colère")
Claudine Auger
Character: La Nouvelle Servante (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Serge Bento
Character: Jean (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Nicole Berger
Character: (segment "La luxure") (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Claude Berri
Character: André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Adriano Celentano
Character: Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claude Chabrol
Character: Le Pharmacien (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
André Chanal
Character: Jacques (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Paul Demange
Character: M. Verdier (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Bernard Evein
Character: Loving Couple Man (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Berthe Granval
Character: Une Vendeuse (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Henri Guégan
Character: Un Bagarreur (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev
Character: Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claude Mansard
Character: L'Homme à la Pipe (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Corinne Marchand
Character: Girl on the Street (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Albert Michel
Character: Le Suisse à l'Église (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited)
Max Montavon
Character: Henri (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Jeanne Pérez
Character: La Vestiaire (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Gino Santercole
Character: Musician on TV (Segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Roger Vadim
Character: Le Récitant (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Production and Crew