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Le Plaisir is a french film of genre Drama directed by Max Ophüls with Claude Dauphin
Le Plaisir (1952)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h37
Directed by Max Ophüls
OriginFrance
Themes Peinture, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Rating75%
Le Plaisir (English title, House of Pleasure) is a 1952 French comedy-drama anthology film by German-born film director Max Ophüls (1902-1957) adapting three short stories by Guy de Maupassant — "Le Masque" (1889), "La Maison Tellier" (1881), and "Le Modèle" (1883).
Le Plaisir was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Max Ophüls).
Synopsis
A somewhat artificial looking young dandy goes to an ornate dance hall, where he finds a young woman to be his dance partner. When he faints from the exertion, a doctor is called. He discovers that the dandy is in fact an old man wearing a mask to hide his aged appearance. The doctor takes the old man home to his patient wife. She explains that her husband Ambroise used to attract the ladies who frequented the hairdresser salon where he worked, but in the space of two years, he lost his looks. He goes out in disguise in an attempt to recapture his youth.Actors
Claude Dauphin
(le docteur)
Peter Ustinov
(Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit))
Daniel Gélin
(Jean)
Paul Azaïs
(Le patron du bal)
Gaby Morlay
(Denise - la femme d'Ambroise)
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