Thérèse Étienne

Thérèse Étienne

1958 · 90 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

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.

Directed by Denys de La Patellière · Written by John Knittel

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James Robertson Justice Anton Muller
Françoise Arnoul Thérèse Étienne Muller
Pierre Vaneck Gottfried Muller
Guy Decomble Rothlisberger
Georges Chamarat President of the Court
François Chaumette Prosecutor
René Berthier
Roger Burckhardt Priest
Pierre Collet Lawyer
Léonce Corne Notary
Erika Dentzler Hedwige
Pierre Durou

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