Madame Bovary

About Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary ( (The Sins of Madame Bovary), , Play the Game or Leave the Bed''') is a 1969 Italian-West German historical erotic drama film directed by Hans Schott-Schöbinger and starring Edwige Fenech, Gerhard Riedmann and Franco Ressel. It is based on Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary, although the film cuts out the book's portrayal of her early life and focuses more heavily on her sexual relationships.

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Madame Bovary (Italian: I peccati di Madame Bovary, lit. 'The Sins of Madame Bovary', German: Die nackte Bovary, Play the Game or Leave the Bed) is a 1969 Italian-West German historical erotic drama film directed by Hans Schott-Schöbinger and starring Edwige Fenech, Gerhard Riedmann and Franco Ressel. It is based on Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary, although the film cuts out the book's portrayal of her early life and focuses more heavily on her sexual relationships.

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Plot summary

In nineteenth century France a provincial doctor's wife harbours ambitions to rise in the world, but finds herself in a compromising situation following a string of love affairs.

Cast

Edwige Fenech as Emma Bovary

Gerhard Riedmann as Dr. Charles Bovary

Franco Ressel as Adolphe Lheureus

Peter Carsten as Rudolf Boulanger

Gianni Dei as Leon Dupuis

Rossana Rovere

Franco Borelli as Vicomte Gaston Fresnaye

Patrizia Adiutori as Brigitte, die Nymphe

Maria Pia Conte as Felicitas

Edda Ferronao as Anastasia

Luigi Bonos as Herzog von Artois

Jimmy Piazza as Justin

Poldi Waraschitz as Butler

Manja Golec as Madeleine

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Notable quotes

“He was happy now, without a care in the world. A meal alone with her, a stroll along the highway in the evening, the way she touched her hand to her hair, the sight of her straw hat hanging from a window hasp, and many other things in which it had never occurred to him to look for pleasure — such now formed the steady current of his happiness.”
— Ch. V (tr. Francis Steegmuller, 1957)
“The music was still throbbing in her ears, and she forced herself to stay awake in order to prolong the illusion of this luxurious life she would so soon have to be leaving. ... She longed to know all about their lives, to penetrate into them, to be part of them.”
— Ch. VIII (tr. Francis Steegmuller)
“"What an unutterable catastrophe!" The apothecary always had the proper expression ready, whatever the occasion.”
— Ch. VIII (tr. Francis Steegmuller)
“The difficulties he foresaw were so formidable that he quickly banished the disagreeable subject from his mind.”
— Ch. XIV (tr. Francis Steegmuller)