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Flesh and the Woman

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Flesh and the Woman
Film poster
Directed byRobert Siodmak
Written byJacques Feyder
Charles Spaak
Produced byAndré Paulvé
Angelo Rizzoli
Michel Safra
StarringGina Lollobrigida
CinematographyMichel Kelber
Edited byVictoria Mercanton
Music byMaurice Thiriet
Georges Van Parys
Distributed byCinédis
Release date
  • 12 April 1954 (1954-04-12)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Flesh and the Woman (French: Le Grand Jeu) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Robert Siodmak.[1] It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It was released in the USA under the title Flesh and the Woman, and in the UK as The Card of Fate. It is a remake of the 1934 film Le Grand Jeu.

Plot

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After an affair with a young woman named Sylvia the Frenchman Pierre Martel leaves Paris and goes to Algeria because he wants to start over. His wife refuses to follow him. Dismayed about all this he decides to join the French Foreign Legion. As a soldier he runs into a look-alike of Sylvia.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Grand Jeu (Le)". unifrance.org. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Flesh and the Woman". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
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