The Oldest Profession

A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.

Comedy Drama

Michèle Mercier

(Brit (segment "L'ère préhistorique"))

Enrico Maria Salerno

(Rak (segment "L'ère préhistorique"))

Gabriele Tinti

(The Trader (segment "L'ère préhistorique"))

Elsa Martinelli

(Domitilla (segment "Nuits romaines"))

Gastone Moschin

(Flavius (segment "Nuits romaines"))

Giancarlo Cobelli

(Menippus (segment "Nuits romaines"))

Jeanne Moreau

(Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi"))

Catherine Samie

(Toinette (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi"))

Jean-Claude Brialy

(Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi"))

Jean Richard

(Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi"))

Raquel Welch

(Nini (segment "La belle époque"))

Martin Held

(Édouard (segment "La belle époque"))

Siegfried Schürenberg

(Another Banker (segment "La belle époque"))

Tilly Lauenstein

(Another Prostitute (segment "La belle époque"))

Nadia Gray

(Nadia (segment "Aujourd'hui"))

France Anglade

(Catherine (segment "Aujourd'hui"))

Jacques Duby

(The Gendarme (segment "Aujourd'hui"))

Marcel Dalio

(Vladimir Leskov (segment "Aujourd'hui"))

Francis Blanche

(The Doctor (segment "Aujourd'hui"))

Marilù Tolo

(Marlène (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000"))

Anna Karina

(Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000"))

Jacques Charrier

(John Demetrius (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000"))

Luigi Leoni

(A Slave (segment "Nuits romaines") (uncredited))

Gianni Solaro

(A Guest (segment "Nuits romaines") (uncredited))

Gérard Lartigau

(Antoine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited))

Jacques Monod

(A Man in the Street (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited))

Albert Rémy

(Frenchman with 2 Sous (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited))

Pierre Tornade

(The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited))

Gabriel Gobin

(A Shocked Gentleman (segment "Aujourd'hui") (uncredited))

Jacques Marin

(Policeman (segment "Aujourd'hui") (uncredited))

Laure Paillette

(A Tenant (segment "Aujourd'hui") (uncredited))

Daniel Bart

((segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000") (uncredited))

Jean-Patrick Lebel

((segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000") (uncredited))

Jean-Pierre Léaud

(The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited))