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La Cousine Bette (1964)
Directed by Yves-André Hubert
Overview
Élisabeth Fischer, a farmer’s daughter and cousin of Adeline Fischer, now Baroness Hulot d’Ervy, has been furiously jealous of the latter since their early childhood. After arriving in Paris as a passementerie worker, she set out to harm the Hulot d’Ervy family by any means necessary. She pushed the Baron into debauchery and tried to destroy the relationship between his niece Hortense Hulot and Wenceslas Steinbock. But her schemes bring her no satisfaction, and she dies of rage.
Length 121 minutes
Actors
Alice Sapritch | Claudine Coster | Jacques Castelot | Jacques Monod | Danièle Lebrun | Elina Labourdette | Jean Sobieski | Hubert de Lapparent | Pierre Risch | François Marié | Anne-Marie Rochand | Lina Roxa | Jean-Jacques Steen