Bethsabée
1947Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that one of Arabella's previous amours, Captain Somerville (Paul Meurisse), is also serving at the same post. So much for joining the Foreign Legion to forget. A climactic knife duel "solves" the film's various plot complications. Despite its Foreign Legion background, Bethsabee has next to no action, which must have made things difficult when the film was distributed to the U.S.
Acted in
Danielle Darrieux
as Arabella Delvert
Georges Marchal
as Le capitaine Georges Dubreuil
Jean Murat
as Le Colonel de Cervière
Paul Meurisse
as Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
Pierre-Louis
as Le lieutenant Testard (as Pierre Louis)
Olivier Darrieux
as Le chauffeur
France Mooréa
Nicolas Vogel
as L'adjudant
Larbi Tounsi
as (as Tounsi)
Robert Darène
as Le major
Andrée Clément
as Evelyne - la fille du colonel, maîtresse de Sommerville
José Davilla
as Petit rôle (uncredited)
Paola Manelli
as (uncredited)
Mireille Ozy
as (uncredited)
René Pascal
as Petit rôle (uncredited)
