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.
00:21:38 Meanwhile, our patriots were checking in into the hotel
00:23:36 The Prussian officer has forbidden!
00:25:08 May I ask the reason of your refusal?
00:27:35 a pleasant society
00:30:07 Kindly tell that scoundrel, that cur...
00:32:17 Meanwhile, the conqueror is just bored.
00:34:39 But he obviously keep us here because of this woman!
00:37:37 As we can see, Boule de Suif's patriotic determination was welcomed much colder.
00:40:29 That patriotism will cost us too much.
00:43:11 Again there was a smile on everyone's face.
00:45:06 in by Church.
00:47:03 Well, it's just a trifle?!
00:48:00 Religion had the last word.
00:52:34 Oh, here she is.
00:59:57 cruelty, conceit and meanness.
01:09:03 We re-release it with music and voice-over.
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 line01:09:03
Production Record
DirectorMikhail Romm
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes315