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...
Directed by Francis Girod
Michel Piccoli
Georges Sarret
Romy Schneider
Philomena Schmidt
Mascha Gonska
Catherine Schmidt
Philippe Brizard
Chambon
Jean Rigaux
Villette
Monica Fiorentini
Magali
Hubert Deschamps
Detreuil
Monique Tarbès
Nurse
