Le Plaisir [House of Pleasure]

Max Ophuls (director, screenwriter)
Jacques Natanson (screenwriter)
Guy de Maupassant (stories)
Claude Dauphin, Jean Galland, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud (starring)

Paris: Columbia Pictures, Circa 1952. Collection of 20 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1952 film. One photograph with the stamp of Columbia Pictures on the verso.

Based on three short stories by Guy de Maupassant: "Le Masque" (1889), "La Maison Tellier" (1881), and "Le Modele" (1883). An exploration of pleasure and its repercussions.

Set and shot on location in Paris and Calvados, France.

9.75 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and creasing at the corners.

Criterion Collection 444.


[Book #155081]