Le trio infernal

May 22 1974 N/A 1h 47m
Comedy, Crime, Horror

Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...

Plot

In 1930s Marseilles, the former World War I hero, Georges Sarret, now earns a living as a respectable lawyer. However, under threat of his German mistress Philomène Schmidt's imminent deportation, the calculative and ambitious advocate will soon hatch a plan so simple and outrageous that would catapult the decadent couple and Philomène's sister, Catherine, to riches. As a result, the infernal trio will entangle themselves in a game of fraudulent marriage, old-age insurance, and of course, murder, nevertheless, bold but sinful schemes rarely are fail-safe.

Written by

Solange Fasquelle, Francis Girod, Jacques Rouffio

Directed by

Francis Girod

Cast

Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gonska

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany, France, Italy

Production Companies

TIT Filmproduktion, Oceania Film, Films 66, Lira Films, Belstar Productions

Languages

Deutsch, Français, English

Awards

1 nomination

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