The Seven Deadly Sins

A French soufflé...a bit risqué!!!

Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.

Danièle Barraud

(Suzon, Prostitute (segment "L'avarice"))

Jean-Pierre Cassel

(Raymond (segment "L'avarice"))

Jacques Charrier

(Antoine (segment "L'avarice"))

Claude Rich

(Armand (segment "L'avarice"))

Sacha Briquet

(Harry (segment "L'avarice"))

Jean-Claude Brialy

(Arthur (segment "L'avarice"))

Dany Saval

(Rosette (segment "L'envie"))

Claude Brasseur

(Riri (segment "L'envie"))

Geneviève Casile

(Rita Gerly (segment "L'envie"))

Jean Murat

(Duchemin (segment "L'envie"))

Jacques Monod

(Monsieur Jasmin (segment "L'envie"))

Georges Wilson

(Valentin (segment "La gourmandise"))

Marcelle Arnold

(L'Épouse de Valentin (segment "La gourmandise"))

Paul Préboist

(Alphonse - le Facteur (segment "La gourmandise"))

Magdeleine Bérubet

(Nénesse - la Belle-Mère (segment "La gourmandise"))

Jean Desailly

(Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure"))

Micheline Presle

(Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure"))

Laurent Terzieff

(Jacques (segment "La luxure"))

Jean-Louis Trintignant

(Bernard Duparc (segment "La luxure"))

Eddie Constantine

(Self (segment "La paresse"))

Nicole Mirel

(Self (segment "La paresse"))

Marina Vlady

(Catherine Lartigue - la Femme (segment "L'orgueuil"))

Sami Frey

(François - l'Amant (segment "L'orgueuil"))

Jean-Pierre Aumont

(Jean Lartigue - le Mari (segment "L'orgueuil"))

Michèle Girardon

(Héloïse - la Maîtresse (segment "L'orgueuil"))

Marie-José Nat

(La Jeune Femme (segment "La colère"))

Perrette Pradier

(La Speakerine (segment "La colère"))

Dominique Paturel

(Le Mari (segment "La colère"))

Jean-Marc Tennberg

(Le Gendarme (segment "La colère"))

Nane Germon

(La Dame au Café (segment "La colère"))

France Anglade

((segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

Claudine Auger

(La Nouvelle Servante (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

Michel Benoist

(Georges (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited))

Serge Bento

(Jean (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited))

Nicole Berger

((segment "La luxure") (uncredited) (unconfirmed))

Claude Berri

(André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited))

Nicole Birner

((segment "La luxure") (uncredited))

Adriano Celentano

(Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited))

Claude Chabrol

(Le Pharmacien (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited))

André Chanal

(Jacques (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited))

Tsilla Chelton

((segment "La colère") (uncredited))

Stéphanie Danick

((segment "La luxure") (uncredited))

Paul Demange

(M. Verdier (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

Nicole Desailly

((segment "La colère") (uncredited))

Colette Dorsay

((segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

Paulette Dubost

(Madame Jasmin (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

Bernard Evein

(Loving Couple Man (segment "La luxure") (uncredited))

Yves Gabrielli

((segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

Berthe Granval

(Une Vendeuse (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited))

Gilles Guillot

((segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

Henri Guégan

(Un Bagarreur (segment "La colère") (uncredited))

Françoise Hamburger

((segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

André Jocelyn

(Yvan (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited))

Nikita Khrushchev

(Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited))

Danièle Lebrun

((segment "L'envie'") (uncredited))

Rico López

(Le Bagarreur (uncredited))

Claude Mansard

(L'Homme à la Pipe (segment "La colère") (uncredited))

Corinne Marchand

(Girl on the Street (segment "La luxure") (uncredited))

Jean-Claude Massoulier

(Pierre (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited))

Albert Michel

(Le Suisse à l'Église (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited))

Max Montavon

(Henri (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited))

Bernard Papineau

(Albert (segment "L'avarice") (uncredited))

Jeanne Pérez

(La Vestiaire (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited))

William Sabatier

(Policeman (segment "La colère") (uncredited))

Gino Santercole

(Musician on TV (Segment "La colère") (uncredited))

Geneviève Thénier

(Loving Couple Woman (segment "La luxure") (uncredited))

Roger Vadim

(Le Récitant (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited))

Henri Virlogeux

(Antonin (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited))