Le Plus vieux métier du monde (1967)
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini

Comedy / Drama
aka: The Oldest Profession

Film Synopsis

This anthology film consists of six short sketches which depict prostitution through the ages, beginning in prehistoric times.  After a visit to the Roman era, the French Revolution and the Belle Époque, we arrive in the year 2000...  Prostitution may be the oldest profession in the world, but attitudes towards it have certainly changed over the years...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Philippe de Broca, Jean-Luc Godard, Franco Indovina, Michael Pfleghar
  • Script: Klaus Munro, Jean Aurenche, Daniel Boulanger, Ennio Flaiano, Jean-Luc Godard, André Tabet, Georges Tabet
  • Cinematographer: Alessandro D'Eva, Dario Di Palma, Heinz Hölscher, Pierre Lhomme
  • Music: Michel Legrand
  • Cast: Michèle Mercier (Brit - Ère préhistorique), Enrico Maria Salerno (Rak - Ère préhistorique), Gabriele Tinti (L'uomo del mar - Ère préhistorique), Elsa Martinelli (Domitilla - Nuits romaines), Gastone Moschin (Flavius - Nuits romaines), Giancarlo Cobelli (Menippo), Gianni Solaro (Un invité - Nuits romaines), Luigi Leoni (Un esclave - Nuits romaines), Jeanne Moreau (Mimi - Mademoiselle Mimi), Jean-Claude Brialy (Philibert - Mademoiselle Mimi), Jean Richard (Le commissaire du peuple - Mademoiselle Mimi), Jacques Monod (Un homme du peuple - Mademoiselle Mimi), Catherine Samie (Toinette - Mademoiselle Mimi), Gérard Lartigau (Antoine - Mademoiselle Mimi), Albert Rémy (Frenchman with 2 sous - Mademoiselle Mimi), Nadia Gray (Nadia - Aujourd'hui), France Anglade (Catherine - Aujourd'hui), Jacques Duby (Le gendarme - Aujourd'hui), Francis Blanche (Le docteur - Aujourd'hui), Marcel Dalio (Me Vladimir Leskov - Aujourd'hui)
  • Country: France / West Germany / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 119 min
  • Aka: The Oldest Profession

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