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The Seven Deadly Sins
Film / 1962

The Seven Deadly Sins

Comedy

★ 5.9/10Audience rating

Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative …

The story

Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.

Cast

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Marcelle ArnoldL'Épouse de Valentin (segment "La gourmandise") Paul PréboistAlphonse - le Facteur (segment "La gourmandise") Magdeleine BérubetNénesse - la Belle-Mère (segment "La gourmandise") Jean DesaillyMonsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure") Micheline PresleMadame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure") Laurent TerzieffJacques (segment "La luxure") Jean-Louis TrintignantBernard Duparc (segment "La luxure") Eddie ConstantineSelf (segment "La paresse") Nicole MirelSelf (segment "La paresse") Marina VladyCatherine Lartigue - la Femme (segment "L'orgueuil") Sami FreyFrançois - l'Amant (segment "L'orgueuil") Jean-Pierre AumontJean Lartigue - le Mari (segment "L'orgueuil") Michèle GirardonHéloïse - la Maîtresse (segment "L'orgueuil") Marie-José NatLa Jeune Femme (segment "La colère") Perrette PradierLa Speakerine (segment "La colère") Dominique PaturelLe Mari (segment "La colère") Jean-Marc TennbergLe Gendarme (segment "La colère") Nane GermonLa Dame au Café (segment "La colère") France Anglade(segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) Claudine AugerLa Nouvelle Servante (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) Michel BenoistGeorges (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) Serge BentoJean (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) Nicole Berger(segment "La luxure") (uncredited) (unconfirmed) Claude BerriAndré (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) Nicole Birner(segment "La luxure") (uncredited) Adriano CelentanoSelf (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited) Claude ChabrolLe Pharmacien (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) André ChanalJacques (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) Tsilla Chelton(segment "La colère") (uncredited) Stéphanie Danick(segment "La luxure") (uncredited) Paul DemangeM. Verdier (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) Nicole Desailly(segment "La colère") (uncredited) Colette Dorsay(segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) Paulette DubostMadame Jasmin (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) Bernard EveinLoving Couple Man (segment "La luxure") (uncredited) Yves Gabrielli(segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) Berthe GranvalUne Vendeuse (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited) Gilles Guillot(segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) Henri GuéganUn Bagarreur (segment "La colère") (uncredited) Françoise Hamburger(segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) André JocelynYvan (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) Nikita KhrushchevSelf (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited) Danièle Lebrun(segment "L'envie'") (uncredited) Rico LópezLe Bagarreur (uncredited) Claude MansardL'Homme à la Pipe (segment "La colère") (uncredited) Corinne MarchandGirl on the Street (segment "La luxure") (uncredited) Jean-Claude MassoulierPierre (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) Albert MichelLe Suisse à l'Église (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited) Max MontavonHenri (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited) Bernard PapineauAlbert (segment "L'avarice") (uncredited) Jeanne PérezLa Vestiaire (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited) William SabatierPoliceman (segment "La colère") (uncredited) Gino SantercoleMusician on TV (Segment "La colère") (uncredited) Geneviève ThénierLoving Couple Woman (segment "La luxure") (uncredited) Roger VadimLe Récitant (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited) Henri VirlogeuxAntonin (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited)

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