Boule de Suif

For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute

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...

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1934-09-15
  • Runtime: 64 min
  • Country: Soviet Union
  • Language: No Language
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.083
Boule de Suif poster