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Black Humor (1965)
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara, Giancarlo Zagni, José María Forqué
Comedy · 1h 52m
A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.
Cast
Pierre Brasseur
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Jean Richard
Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Sylvie
La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)
Alida Valli
The Widow - segment 3 'La cornacchia'
Pauline Carton
La Rapet - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Paulette Dubost
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Robert Arnoux
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Jacques Marin
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Jean Martinelli
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Pierre Repp
segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Emma Penella
Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
José Luis López Vázquez
Jacinto - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Crew
- Director
- Claude Autant-Lara, Giancarlo Zagni, José María Forqué
- Writer
- Pierre Bost, Guy de Maupassant, Jean Aurenche
- Director of Photography
- Gilbert Chain, Mario Fioretti, Juan Mariné
- Original Music Composer
- René Cloërec, Coriolano Gori, Adolfo Waitzman
- Editor
- Madeleine Gug, Luciano Cavalieri, Petra de Nieva
Details
- Original title
- La muerte viaja demasiado
- Release date
- 1965-04-12
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- French, Italian, Spanish
- Countries
- Spain, Italy, France
- Production
- Época Films, Sagittario Film, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France