
The Seashell and the Clergyman(1928)
Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.


An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.

Germaine Dermoz
Madame Beudet

Alexandre Arquillière
Monsieur Beudet

Jean d'Yd
Monsieur Labas
Yvette Grisier
Maid

Madeleine Guitty
Madame Labas

Raoul Paoli
Tennis Champion

Armand Thirard
Clerk
The Smiling Madame Beudet is a drama film released in 1923 exploring themes of silent film, woman director, french impressionism. Directed by Germaine Dulac, it stars Germaine Dermoz, Alexandre Arquillière, Jean d'Yd. An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
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