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Cast

Michèle Morgan

Michèle Morgan

Thelma Rooland

Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

Jess Rooland

Olivier Hussenot

Olivier Hussenot

Arthur Martin

Jacqueline Morane

Jacqueline Morane

Adeline Martin

Perrette Pradier

Perrette Pradier

Louise Martin

Paul Bisciglia

Paul Bisciglia

Barbara Brandt

Barbara Brandt

Ivan Dominique

Ivan Dominique

Jacqueline Fontel

Jacqueline Fontel

Cady Muller

Cady Muller

Roland Monk

Roland Monk

Kate Noelle

Kate Noelle

Donald O'Brien

Donald O'Brien

Robert Porte

Robert Porte

Pierre Roussel

Pierre Roussel

Alice Sapritch

Alice Sapritch

Guest complimenting Thelma

Lucas Stanley

Lucas Stanley

Joan Tyson

Joan Tyson

Van Wayne

Van Wayne

Ingrid Weiss

Ingrid Weiss

Frank Latimore

Frank Latimore

Ted

Georges Ivanov

Georges Ivanov

Commentator (voice)

Crew

Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

Director

Frédéric Dard

Frédéric Dard

Novel

Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

Screenplay

Jacques Robin

Jacques Robin

Director of Photography

Louisette Hautecœur

Louisette Hautecœur

Editor

Bernard Evein

Bernard Evein

Production Design

Jacques Saulnier

Jacques Saulnier

Production Design

Anatole Paris

Anatole Paris

Makeup Artist

Antoine Archimbaud

Antoine Archimbaud

Sound

Ludmilla Goulian

Ludmilla Goulian

Production Manager

Frédéric Dard

Frédéric Dard

Dialogue

André Hossein

André Hossein

Original Music Composer

Simone Knapp

Simone Knapp

Hairstylist

Frédéric Dard

Frédéric Dard

Screenplay

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The Wretches

19606.2 / 1090 min
Drama

Overview

Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein as Thelma and Jess, two Americans who move into a down-at-the-heels Paris neighborhood. The couple is still suffering from the loss of their only son in an automobile accident that happened some time in the distant past. Thelma tends to drown her sorrows in alcohol, while Jess is introspected and morose. After they hire a maid to help out with the housework, she falls for the taciturn Jess. Her interest seems to be only a simple attraction, yet appearances, as it turns out, are deceiving.