Vice and Virtue

Vice and Virtue

Director: Roger Vadim Cast: Michel Magne
Michel Magne
, Annie Girardot
Annie Girardot
, Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
, Serge Marquand
Serge Marquand
Roger Vadim
Vice and Virtue

Vice and Virtue

Director: Roger Vadim Cast: Michel Magne
Michel Magne
, Annie Girardot
Annie Girardot
, Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
, Serge Marquand
Serge Marquand
Roger Vadim

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Overview

The "vice and virtue" of the title of this wartime drama directed by Roger Vadim are exemplified in the personae of two very attractive women: Juliette (Annie Girardot) and Justine (Catherine Deneuve). Juliette is a collaborator and Justine supports the resistance movement, yet when her husband is arrested on her wedding day, she goes to Juliette to ask for help. That simple plan is nixed by a series of unfortunate circumstances that send Justine to a brothel for German soldiers and make Juliette the mistress of a brutal Nazi officer. The symbolism in this tale harks back to two stories by the Marquis de Sade, one titled "Juliette" and the other, "Justine." Vadim seems to have been caught between creating symbolic characters versus creating believable women since as the story unfolds, Juliette is not exactly vice incarnate, nor is Justine a model of pristine virtue.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/17/2015
UPC: 0738329162528
Original Release: 1963
Source: Kino Classics
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W, Wide Screen]
Language: English
Time: 1:46:00
Sales rank: 49,299

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Annie Girardot Juliette Morand, Le vice
Catherine Deneuve Justine Morand, la vertu
Serge Marquand Ivan
Robert Hossein SS Col. Schorndorf
O.E. Hasse Gen. von Bamberg
Philippe Lemaire Hans
Luciana Paluzzi Helena
Valeria Ciangottini Manuela
Georges Poujouly Hoech
Michel de Re Astrologer
Paul Geauff SS Doctor
Jean-Pierre Honore Jean
Howard Vernon SS Man
Lena von Martens Actor
Henri Virlojeux The intellectual chess player, presiding judge
Jean-Michel Rouziere Actor
Jean-Daniel Simon Ludwig
Pierre Gualdi German general
Jean Levitte Actor
Dorothee Blank Young German military man
Lucien Guervil Actor
Marianne Hardy Actor
Juliette Hervieu Actor
Michel Jourdan Actor
Rudy Lenoir Actor
Anne Libert Actor
Monique Messine Anne
Jose Quaglio Actor
Jean-Michel Rouzière Actor
Jacques Seiler Actor
Henri Attal Actor
Dominique Zardi A civilian of the Gestapo

Technical Credits
Pierre Durin Special Effects
Roger Vadim Producer,Director
Roger Vailland Screenwriter
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