Boule de Suif
1934 · 64 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 315 VOTES · DIR. Mikhail Romm
Overview
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...
Dialogue Timeline — 280 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:17 The Prussian troops defeated the French army near Cedan.
00:02:49 Others: The German soldier - K. Gurnyak The hotel maid - V. Kuznetsova
00:03:53 But I'm just hungry!
00:05:41 I had a scuffle with the German officer
00:10:09 To kill her!
00:13:47 Come, ladies, don't stand on ceremony, for goodness' sake!
00:15:37 Every citizen must hate the enemy!
00:17:53 Two Napoleons and six Luis stayed in this hotel in the past.
00:21:34 We'll know this in due time.
00:23:28 Monsieur Loiseau was in a hurry though to sell the wine stock.
00:24:54 No, you won't.
00:27:24 Meanwhile, they had cards
00:29:53 The Prussian officer sends to ask if you have changed your mind yet.?
00:32:03 Dismiss.
00:34:24 Speaking straight from the shoulder, this made the travellers change their mind
00:37:22 You haven't changed your mind yet?
00:39:59 Damn! It's impossible!
00:42:51 for the thing they had been proud of just the day before.
00:44:55 But he is a German, a foe!
00:46:48 Everyone for oneself and all at one.
00:47:40 The sweet whisper of nuns.
00:52:01 In the morning the Prussian officer gave the permission to start on the journey.
00:59:48 Look at the coach, trailing along to Havre...
01:03:15 not even the war.
Cast & Characters
Galina Sergeyeva
Mlle. Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-suif)
Andrey Fayt
Prussian Officer
Anatoliy Goryunov
Louiseau - wine merchant
Faina Ranevskaya
Mme. Loiseau
Pyotr Repnin
Lamadon - miller
Tatyana Okunevskaya
Mme Carre-Lamadon
Mikhail Mukhin
Count de Breville
Evgenia Mezentseva
Countess de Breville
Sofya Levitina
Elderly Nun
Nina Sukhotskaya
Young Nun
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed280
Dialogue density4.4 lines / min
First line00:00:17
Final line01:03:15
Production Record
DirectorMikhail Romm
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes315