A Golden Widow (1969)

Name: A Golden Widow
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1969-10-23
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Michèle Mercier, Claude Rich, Roger Carel, Jean Carmet, Daniel Ceccaldi

A Golden Widow (1969), directed by Michel Audiard, starring Michèle Mercier and Claude Rich.

10/23/1969 BR Comedy 1h 25m

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A woman learns that she is sole legatee of her forgotten rich uncle, but there is a small problem: she's got to be a widow to latch onto the dough or the fortune will go to a vague sect...

Michel AudiardDirector, Writer
Jean-Marie PoiréWriter

About the film

A Golden Widow (French: Une veuve en or) is a 1969 comedy film directed by Michel Audiard and starring Michèle Mercier, Claude Rich and Roger Carel. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti.

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti.

Synopsis

A woman discovers that she has inherited a huge fortune from a relation, but the unusual terms of inheritance state that she must be a widow, otherwise the money will go elsewhere. She seeks to get a gangster to murder her sculptor husband who in turn goes to other gangsters to seek protection.

Cast

Michèle Mercier as Delphine Berger

Claude Rich as Antoine Berger

Roger Carel as Aristophane Percankas - un riche armateur grec

Jean Carmet as Un membre du Yiddish International Power

Daniel Ceccaldi as Le conservateur du musée

Jean-Pierre Darras as Rapha - le chef du syndicat du crime

Mario David as Monsieur Sigmund - un admirateur zurichois

Folco Lulli as Le Sicilien - un tueur

André Pousse as Pierre Déricourt de Savignac dit Pierrot le Farceur

Sim as Il Vecchio - un tueur sur le retour

Jacques Dufilho as Joseph - un détective

Max Amyl as Le Pierrot

Jean Martin as Un lieutenant

References

Bibliography

Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

A Golden Widow at IMDb

Text from A Golden Widow on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Golden_Widow

Trivia

It premiered on October 23, 1969, a Thursday.
It runs 1h25 — short for a feature film.
Its original title is "Une veuve en or".
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosLes Films Copernic, Comacico, Mars Film
CountriesFrance
LanguagesFrench
StatusReleased

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What is A Golden Widow about?

A Golden Widow: A woman learns that she is sole legatee of her forgotten rich uncle, but there is a small problem: she's got to be a widow to latch onto the dough or the fortune will go to a vague sect...

Who directed A Golden Widow?

A Golden Widow was directed by Michel Audiard in 1969.

Who stars in A Golden Widow?

The cast of A Golden Widow includes Michèle Mercier, Claude Rich, Roger Carel, Jean Carmet and Daniel Ceccaldi.

How long is A Golden Widow?

A Golden Widow runs for 85 minutes, or 1h25.