Black Humor

Overview

Cast & Crew

Production House

The Plot

A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.

Run Time

1h 52m

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

12 Apr 1965

Country

Spain, Italy, France

Language

French, Italian, Spanish

Director & Producers

Claude Autant-Lara
Director

José María Forqué
Director Giancarlo Zagni
Director

Top Billed Cast

Pierre Brasseur
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Jean Richard
Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Sylvie
La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)

Alida Valli
The Widow - segment 3 'La cornacchia'

Pauline Carton
La Rapet - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Paulette Dubost
segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Robert Arnoux
segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Jacques Marin
segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Jean Martinelli
segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Pierre Repp
segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Emma Penella
Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'

José Luis López Vázquez
Jacinto - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'

Technical Team

Pierre Bost
Writer

Jean Aurenche
Writer

Guy de Maupassant
Writer

René Cloërec
Original Music Composer Coriolano Gori
Original Music Composer

Adolfo Waitzman
Original Music Composer Gilbert Chain
Director of Photography Mario Fioretti
Director of Photography

Juan Mariné
Director of Photography Luciano Cavalieri
Editor Madeleine Gug
Editor Petra de Nieva
Editor

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