The Seven Deadly Sins
Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Release: 1962-03-07
·Runtime: 113m
·★ 5.6
Comedy
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Les Films Gibé
Franco London Films
Titanus
Cast
Georges Wilson
as Valentin (segment "La gourmandise")
Sami Frey
as François - l'Amant (segment "L'orgueuil")
Danièle Lebrun
as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
William Sabatier
as Policeman (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Geneviève Thénier
as Loving Couple Woman (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Henri Virlogeux
as Antonin (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited)
Sacha Briquet
as Harry (segment "L'avarice")
Jacques Monod
as Monsieur Jasmin (segment "L'envie")
Jean Desailly
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Tsilla Chelton
as (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Bernard Evein
as Loving Couple Man (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
Magdeleine Bérubet
as Nénesse - la Belle-Mère (segment "La gourmandise")
Jean-Claude Massoulier
as Pierre (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Dany Saval
as Rosette (segment "L'envie")
Claude Chabrol
as Le Pharmacien (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
André Jocelyn
as Yvan (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Raymond (segment "L'avarice")
Claude Rich
as Armand (segment "L'avarice")
Roger Vadim
as Le Récitant (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Jean Murat
as Duchemin (segment "L'envie")
Serge Bento
as Jean (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Rico López
as Le Bagarreur (uncredited)
Claude Brasseur
as Riri (segment "L'envie")
Marcelle Arnold
as L'Épouse de Valentin (segment "La gourmandise")
Laurent Terzieff
as Jacques (segment "La luxure")
Berthe Granval
as Une Vendeuse (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Henri Guégan
as Un Bagarreur (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Perrette Pradier
as La Speakerine (segment "La colère")
Bernard Papineau
as Albert (segment "L'avarice") (uncredited)
Nicole Mirel
as Self (segment "La paresse")
Claude Berri
as André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Nicole Desailly
as (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Paulette Dubost
as Madame Jasmin (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev
as Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nane Germon
as La Dame au Café (segment "La colère")
Adriano Celentano
as Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as Jean Lartigue - le Mari (segment "L'orgueuil")
Michèle Girardon
as Héloïse - la Maîtresse (segment "L'orgueuil")
Geneviève Casile
as Rita Gerly (segment "L'envie")
Marie-José Nat
as La Jeune Femme (segment "La colère")
Yves Gabrielli
as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Gino Santercole
as Musician on TV (Segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Micheline Presle
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Bernard Duparc (segment "La luxure")
Jean-Marc Tennberg
as Le Gendarme (segment "La colère")
Max Montavon
as Henri (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Jacques Charrier
as Antoine (segment "L'avarice")
Paul Préboist
as Alphonse - le Facteur (segment "La gourmandise")
Claudine Auger
as La Nouvelle Servante (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
André Chanal
as Jacques (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Paul Demange
as M. Verdier (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Marina Vlady
as Catherine Lartigue - la Femme (segment "L'orgueuil")
Dominique Paturel
as Le Mari (segment "La colère")
Eddie Constantine
as Self (segment "La paresse")
Corinne Marchand
as Girl on the Street (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Albert Michel
as Le Suisse à l'Église (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited)
Jeanne Pérez
as La Vestiaire (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
France Anglade
as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Nicole Berger
as (segment "La luxure") (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Claude Mansard
as L'Homme à la Pipe (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Crew
Jean-Luc Godard
Director, Screenplay
Roger Vadim
Director, Screenplay
Max Douy
Production Design, Co-Director
Alain Levent
Camera Operator
Félicien Marceau
Screenplay, Dialogue
Claude Chabrol
Director, Screenplay
Guy Gilles
Assistant Director
Sacha Distel
Original Music Composer
Eugène Ionesco
Screenplay
Bernard Evein
Production Design
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Roger Peyrefitte
Idea
Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer
Jacques Demy
Director, Screenplay
Daniel Boulanger
Screenplay, Dialogue
Jean Penzer
Director of Photography
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Édouard Molinaro
Director
Pierre Lhomme
Camera Operator
Philippe de Broca
Director