Thérèse Étienne

Overview

Her father having served a prison sentence, there is unending gossiping about Therese's family. Unable to put up with it any longer, the young woman leaves her native village for the canton of Bern where she manages to be hired by Anton Muller, a wealthy, authoritarian farmer. Under the young woman's spell, Anton wants to make his servant his mistress but Thérèse refuses energetically.. Later on, she nevertheless accepts to marry Anton. On the wedding day, she meets Gottfried, her bridegroom's son, and they instantly fall passionately in love with each other.

Directed by Denys de La Patellière

Top cast

James Robertson Justice

Anton Muller

Françoise Arnoul

Thérèse Étienne Muller

Pierre Vaneck

Gottfried Muller

Guy Decomble

Rothlisberger

Georges Chamarat

President of the Court

François Chaumette

Prosecutor

René Berthier

R

Roger Burckhardt

Priest

Pierre Collet

Lawyer

Léonce Corne

Notary

E

Erika Dentzler

Hedwige

P

Pierre Durou

Guy Kerner

Judge

Pierre Leproux

R

Rita Liechti

Frida

Paul Mercey

Léonard

Jacques Monod

Doctor

C

Christiane Navailles

Sophie

Robert Porte

Félix

M

Madame Schwitzgebel

Cousin

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