Drama / Comedy / Romance /

Score: 75.6%( 121 votes )

Overview: Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.

Cast:

Claude Dauphin
le docteur

Gaby Morlay
Denise - la femme d'Ambroise

Madeleine Renaud
Julia Tellier

Ginette Leclerc
Madame Flora dite Balançoire

Mila Parély
Madame Raphaële

Danielle Darrieux
Madame Rosa

Pierre Brasseur
Julien Ledentu

Jean Gabin
Joseph Rivet

Jean Servais
l'ami de Jean

Daniel Gélin
Jean

Simone Simon
Joséphine

Philippe de Chérisey
Frédéric

Paul Azaïs
Le patron du bal

Antoine Balpêtré
Monsieur Poulain

René Blancard
Le maire

Henri Crémieux
Monsieur Pimpesse

Gaby Bruyère
Frimousse

Mathilde Casadesus
Madame Louise dite Cocotte

Arthur Devère
Le contrôleur du train

Paulette Dubost
Madame Fernande

Jean Galland
Ambroise

Jocelyne Jany
La petite Constance Rivet

Robert Lombard
Monsieur Philippe

Héléna Manson
Marie Rivet

Marcel Pérès
Monsieur Duvert

Jean Meyer
Monsieur Dupuis

Louis Seigner
Monsieur Tourneveau

Michel Vadet
Le marin

Janine Viénot
La poule du docteur

Charles Vissières
Le vieux normand dans le train

Peter Ustinov
Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)

Anton Walbrook
Narrator, German version