The Infernal Trio

Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...

Director

Francis Girod

Written by

Solange Fasquelle, Francis Girod, Jacques Rouffio

Produced by

Jacques Dorfmann, Raymond Danon, Wolfdieter von Stein

Composer

Ennio Morricone

Cinematographer

Andréas Winding

Editor

Claude Barrois

Studios

Films 66, Belstar Productions, T.I.T. Filmproduktion

Origin country

France

Production countries

Germany, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 47m

Language

French

TMDB

5.5/10 (30 votes)

IMDb

6.2/10 (970 votes)