Summary
For Michel, a photographer, it’s love at first sight when he meets
Sophie during his stay in Venice. He does not know that Sophie is
the mistress of the wealthy baron Eric von Bergen, a jealous and
calculating man. Von Bergen is so incensed by Michel’s interest
in Sophie that he ask his bodyguard, Sforzi, to do something about
it. In return, the baron tells Sforzi that he has put a large sum
of money for her in a foreign bank account. In an attempt to
steal this money, Sforzi kills the baron and arranges matters so that
Michel is the obvious suspect...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Roger Vadim
- Script: Roger Vadim
- Photo: Armand Thirard
- Music: John Lewis & Modern Jazz Quartet
- Cast: Françoise Arnoul (Sophie), Christian Marquand (Michel Lafaurie), Robert Hossein (Sforzi), O.E. Hasse (Eric von Bergen), Franco Fabrizi (Busetti), Franco Andrei (Bernard), Carlo Delle Piane (Jeannot), Mario Passante (Inspecteur), Lila Rocco (Lisa), Margaret Rung (Comtesse), Christian Cazau (Coco), Venantino Venantini, Daniel Emilfork, Guy Henry
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 96 min
- Aka: No Sun in Venice
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