Pyshka 1934

Synopsis:

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...

Directed by: Mikhail Romm
Written by: Mikhail Romm
Runtime: 64 minutes
Tagline: For the bourgeois she was and she is a prostitute
Cast:
Galina Sergeyeva
Galina Sergeyeva
Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif) 
Andrey Fayt
Andrey Fayt
prussian officer 
Anatoli Goryunov
Anatoli Goryunov
Mr. Louiseau, wine merchant 
Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Ranevskaya
Mme. Loiseau 
Pyotr Repnin
Pyotr Repnin
Mr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant 
Tatyana Okunevskaya
Tatyana Okunevskaya
Mme Carré-Lamadon 
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Also known as:
  • Baryleczka
  • Boule De Suif
  • Fettklößchen
  • Krafna
  • Лоената топка
  • Пишка