The Seven Deadly Sins (1952 film)

The Seven Deadly Sins (French: Les Sept Péchés capitaux) is a 1952 French/Italian co-production motion picture drama. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Viviane Romance, Maurice Ronet, Louis de Funès, Isa Miranda, Henri Vidal and Gérard Philipe. It has seven separate sections: ("Pride/L'Orgueil", "Lust/La Luxure", "Sloth/La Paresse", "Envy/L'Envie", "Avarice and Anger/L'Avarice et la colère", "Gluttony/La Gourmandise", "The Eighth Sin/Le Huitième péché") with five episodes from France, and two episodes from Italy.

The Seven Deadly Sins
Theatrical poster
Written by	Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost
Starring	Michèle Morgan Françoise Rosay
Music by	Yves Baudrier René Cloërec
Cinematography	André Bac Roger Hubert Robert Lefebvre Jacques Natteau Giovanni Pucci Enzo Serafin André Thomas
Distributed by	Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont Arlan Productions (USA)
Release date	1952
Running time	148 minutes
Country	France / Italy
Language	French
Box office	2,396,014 admissions (France)[1]

Director

• Claude Autant-Lara (segment "Pride")
• Yves Allégret (segment "Lust")
• Jean Dréville (segment "Sloth")
• Roberto Rossellini (segment "Envy")
• Eduardo De Filippo (segment "Avarice and Anger")
• Carlo Rim (segment "Gluttony")
• Georges Lacombe (segment "The Eighth Sin")

Writer

• Diego Fabbri
• Liana Ferri
• Léo Joannon
• Turi Vasile
• René Wheeler
• Claude Autant-Lara (segment "Pride")
• Jean Aurenche (segments "Pride", "Lust", "The Eighth Sin")
• Pierre Bost (segments "Pride", "Lust", "The Eighth Sin")
• Carlo Rim (segments "Sloth", "Gluttony")
• Roberto Rossellini (segment "Envy")
• Charles Spaak (segment "Avarice and Anger")

References

1. "Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films". Box Office Story.

External links

• The Seven Deadly Sins at IMDb
• The Seven Deadly Sins at AllMovie
• The Seven Deadly Sins at Film de France