Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...
Michel Piccoli
as Georges Sarret
Romy Schneider
as Philomena Schmidt
Mascha Gonska
as Catherine Schmidt
Philippe Brizard
as Chambon
Jean Rigaux
as Villette
Monica Fiorentini
as Magali
Hubert Deschamps
as Detreuil
Monique Tarbès
as Nurse
Andréa Ferréol
as Noemie
Francis Claude
as Doktor
Luigi Zerbinati
as
Jean-Pierre Honoré
as
