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Flesh and the Woman is a french film of genre Drama directed by Robert Siodmak with Gina Lollobrigida
Flesh and the Woman (1954)
Le Grand Jeu
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Add to a movie listFlesh and the Woman (French: Le Grand Jeu) is a 1954 French drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
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^ "Festival de Cannes: Flesh and the Woman". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Gina Lollobrigida
(Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci)
Jean-Claude Pascal
(Pierre Martel)
Arletty
(Blanche)
Raymond Pellegrin
(Mario)
Peter van Eyck
(Fred)
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