Bethsabée (1947)
Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that one of Arabella's previous amours, Captain Somerville (Paul Meurisse), is also serving at the same post. So much for joining the Foreign Legion to forget. A climactic knife duel "solves" the film's various plot complications. Despite its Foreign Legion background, Bethsabee has next to no action, which must have made things difficult when the film was distributed to the U.S.
- Released
- 1947-11-21
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Léonide Moguy
- TMDB rating
- 4.6/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Danielle Darrieux as Arabella Delvert
- Georges Marchal as Le capitaine Georges Dubreuil
- Jean Murat as Le Colonel de Cervière
- Paul Meurisse as Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
- Pierre-Louis as Le lieutenant Testard (as Pierre Louis)
- Olivier Darrieux as Le chauffeur
- France Mooréa
- Nicolas Vogel as L'adjudant
- Larbi Tounsi as (as Tounsi)
- Robert Darène as Le major
- Andrée Clément as Evelyne - la fille du colonel, maîtresse de Sommerville
- José Davilla as Petit rôle (uncredited)