Summary
Paris 1944. Justine is about to about to marry Jean, a member of
the resistance, when the latter is suddenly arrested by the
Gestapo. To save Jean, Justine appeals to her sister Juliette,
who is the mistress of a German officer, General von Bamberg, to help
her. When Jean succeeds in escaping from his captors, Justine
mistakenly believes that this is through Juliette’s efforts and she
goes to thank her sister. She unwittingly witnesses the killing
of von Bamberg and ends up being sent to a Tyrolean castle to
service the lustful desires of the Nazis. Meanwhile, Juliette
becomes the mistress of the S.S. officer Colonel Schorndorf, a ruthless
opponent of Hitler who took great pleasure in arranging von Bamberg’s
death...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Roger Vadim
- Script: Roger Vadim, Roger Vailland
- Photo: Marcel Grignon
- Music: Michel Magne
- Cast: Annie Girardot (Juliette Morand, Le vice), Catherine Deneuve (Justine Morand, la vertu), Robert Hossein (SS Col. Erik Schörndorf), O.E. Hasse (General von Bamberg), Philippe Lemaire (Hans Streicher), Serge Marquand (Ivan), Luciana Paluzzi (Héléna), Valeria Ciangottini (Manuela), Georges Poujouly (Lieutenant Hoech), Michel de Ré (Professeur Naroyortz), Paul Gégauff (Le docteur S.S.), Jean-Pierre Honoré (Jean), Howard Vernon (Un général S.S.), Dorothée Blank (La jeune militaire allemande), Henri Virlojeux (L’intellectuel joueur d’échecs, président du tribunal), Pierre Gualdi (Un général allemand), Henri Lambert (Le caporal), Jean-Daniel Simon (Ludwig), Lena von Martens (Hanka)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 108 min
- Aka: Vice and Virtue
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