''The Shameless Old Lady'' (Original title: ''La Vieille dame indigne'') is a 1965 French film. Based on the 1939 short story '' :de:Die unwürdige Greisin'' by

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

, it was directed by

René Allio René Allio (; 3 August 1924, Marseille – 27 March 1995, Paris) was a French film and theater director. Filmography * ''The Shameless Old Lady ''The Shameless Old Lady'' (Original title: ''La Vieille dame indigne'') is a 1965 French film. ...

and stars Sylvie and

Victor Lanoux Victor Lanoux (18 June 1936 – 4 May 2017) was a French actor best known to English speaking audiences for his role as Ludovic in ''Cousin, Cousine''. Biography Victor Lanoux, born Victor Robert Nataf was the son of a Tunisian Jew from Sfax an ...

. Sylvie won the

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the National Society of Film Critics to honour the best leading actress of the year. Winners 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple ...

for this role, one of her latter roles and her only lead.

Plot

Madame Berthe, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life married to her husband for some 60 years. She determines to venture into the modern world and have as much fun as possible, and in doing so, finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her.

Cast

* Sylvie - Madame Berthe *

- Pierre * Malka Ribowska - Rosalie *

François Maistre François Maistre (14 May 1925 – 16 May 2016) was a French film, television and theatre actor. Born in Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France, he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1960 and 2003. His father was singer and actor A.-M. Julien. Se ...

- Gaston * Étienne Bierry - Albert *

Pascale de Boysson Pascale de Boysson (16 April 1922–9 August 2002) was a French film, television and stage actress who also adapted and translated plays for the French stage. She was a two-time winner of the Molière Award, winning it in 1988 and posthumously ...

- Simone * Jean-Louis Lamande - Charles * Lena Delanne - Victoire * Jeanne Hardeyn - Rose * Robert Bousquet - Robert *

Jean Bouise Jean Bouise (3 June 1929 – 6 July 1989) was a French actor. He was born in Le Havre. In the 1950s he helped to found Théâtre de la Cité, and was a player in the company. He entered films in the 1960s, and played a supporting roles in ...

- Alphonse * André Jourdan - Lucien * Pierre Decazes - Charlot * André Thorent - Dufour

External links

* Shameless Films based on works by Bertolt Brecht Shameless 1960s French films {{1960s-France-film-stub