Movie

Thérèse Étienne (1958)

• February 7, 1958
• 1h 30m

• Drama

Overview

Her father having served a prison sentence, there is unending gossiping about Therese's family. Unable to put up with it any longer, the young woman leaves her native village for the canton of Bern where she manages to be hired by Anton Muller, a wealthy, authoritarian farmer. Under the young woman's spell, Anton wants to make his servant his mistress but Thérèse refuses energetically.. Later on, she nevertheless accepts to marry Anton. On the wedding day, she meets Gottfried, her bridegroom's son, and they instantly fall passionately in love with each other.

Director

Denys de La Patellière

Writers

Roland Laudenbach, John Knittel, Denys de La Patellière

Starring

James Robertson Justice, Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Vaneck