The Smiling Madame Beudet
192338m460p
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
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La Souriante Madame Beudet / The Smiling Madame Beudet Short French silent film made in 1922, directed by famed surrealist director Germaine Dulac. It is considered by many to be one of the first truly "feminist" films. French intertitles.
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- Director
- Germaine Dulac
- Starring
- Germaine Dermoz, Alexandre Arquillière, Jean d'Yd, Yvette Grisier, Madeleine Guitty, Raoul Paoli, Armand Thirard
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