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Bethsabée (1947)

★ 4.3/10 97 min Drama France French
Novel: Pierre Benoît
Scenario Writer: Jacques Rémy
Streaming: Not available

Description

Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that one of Arabella's previous amours, Captain Somerville (Paul Meurisse), is also serving at the same post. So much for joining the Foreign Legion to forget. A climactic knife duel "solves" the film's various plot complications. Despite its Foreign Legion background, Bethsabee has next to no action, which must have made things difficult when the film was distributed to the U.S.

Top Cast

Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darrieux Arabella Delvert
Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal Le capitaine Georges Dubreuil
Jean Murat
Jean Murat Le Colonel de Cervière
Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
Pierre-Louis
Pierre-Louis Le lieutenant Testard (as Pierre Louis)
Olivier Darrieux Le chauffeur
France Mooréa
Nicolas Vogel
Nicolas Vogel L'adjudant

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