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The Seven Deadly Sins

1952 · 148 min

A patchwork of wry, moralising vignettes that shifts tone between segments, rewarding patience with sly wit and occasional melancholy.

Directed by
Yves Allégret, Jean Dréville
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt
Tagline
Envy... Pride... Anger... Avarice... Laziness... Gluttony... Lust...
Overview
A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.

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Directed by
Yves Allégret, Jean Dréville
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • morality
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Yves Allégret, Jean Dréville, Claude Autant-Lara, Carlo Rim
Written by
Turi Vasile, René Wheeler, Eduardo De Filippo, Charles Spaak
Starring
Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt, Marcelle Praince, Louis Seigner, Robert Auboyneau, Marguerite Cassan, Frédérique Hébrard
Music
Yves Baudrier, René Cloërec
Cinematography
Roger Hubert, André Bac
Runtime
148 min
Country
Italy, France
Languages
French, Italian

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