Summaries

A cunning French legal adviser teams up with an unemployed German girl and her sister to commit murders in Marseille.

In 1930s Marseilles, the former World War I hero, Georges Sarret, now earns a living as a respectable lawyer. However, under threat of his German mistress Philomène Schmidt's imminent deportation, the calculative and ambitious advocate will soon hatch a plan so simple and outrageous that would catapult the decadent couple and Philomène's sister, Catherine, to riches. As a result, the infernal trio will entangle themselves in a game of fraudulent marriage, old-age insurance, and of course, murder, nevertheless, bold but sinful schemes rarely are fail-safe.—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • literature on screen
  • acid
  • disposing of a dead body
  • insurance fraud
  • dead woman stripped
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Crime
Release date May 21, 1974
Countries of origin Italy France West Germany
Language French
Filming locations Paris, France
Production companies Lira Films Belstar Productions Film 66 - Fox Europe Paris

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 47m
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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