The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
La souriante Madame Beudet (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 38min
- Short, Drama
- 09 Nov 1923 (France)
- Short
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
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| Germaine Dermoz | ... |
Mme Beudet
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| Madeleine Guitty | ... |
Mme Labas
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Jean d'Yd | ... |
Mr Labas
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Yvette Grisier | ... |
La bonne
(as Grisier)
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Raoul Paoli | ... |
Le champion de tennis
(as Paoli)
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| Armand Thirard | ... |
Le commis
(as Thirard)
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Alexandre Arquillière | ... |
Beudet
(as Arquillière)
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Directed by
| Germaine Dulac | ||
Written by
| Denys Amiel | ... | (after the play by) and |
| André Obey | ... | (after the play by) |
| André Obey | ... | (film adaptation by) |
| Germaine Dulac | ... | (screenplay) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Charles Delac | ... | producer |
| Marcel Vandal | ... | producer |
Music by
| Manfred Knaak | ... | (score 2005) |
Cinematography by
| Maurice Forster | ||
| A. Morrin | ||
| Paul Parguel | ||
Music Department
| Frank Strobel | ... | conductor (2005) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- BFI Video (2019) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (Part of the Early Women Filmakers Collection - PAL format)
- Cinémathèque Suisse (2005) (World-wide)
- Flicker Alley (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray) (Part of Early Women Filmakers: An International Anthology)
- Flicker Alley (2017) (United States) (DVD) (Part of Early Women Filmakers: An International Anthology)
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| Plot Summary |
One of the first feminist movies, The Smiling Madame Beudet is the story of an intelligent woman trapped in a loveless marriage. Her husband is used to playing a stupid practical joke in which he puts an empty revolver to his head and threatens to shoot himself. One day, while the husband is away, she puts bullets in the revolver. However, she is stricken with remorse and tries to retrieve the bullets the next morning. Her husband gets to the revolver first only this time he points the revolver at her.
Written by Anurag Garg |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Included among the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', edited by Steven Jay Schneider. See more » |
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Monsieur Beudet:
What, don't you want to see Faust? See more » |