Gina Lollobrigida
Sylvia Sorrego
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Flesh and the Woman. Bankrupt and disbarred, Parisian lawyer Pierre Martel heads for Algiers where he's supposed to rejoin his high-maintenance Italian girlfriend Sylvia but when she fails to show-up a heart-broken Pierre joins the French Foreign Legion.
- (152)
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Robert Siodmak
- 1958-06
Flesh and the Woman (French: Le Grand Jeu) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the USA under the title Flesh and the Woman, and in the UK as The Card of Fate. It is a remake of the 1934 film Le Grand Jeu.
Pierre Martel is a brilliant lawyer in Paris who has fallen in love with a ravishing Italian girl, Sylvia Sorrego and they take up housekeeping on a luxurious scale beyond his means, and Pierre commits a few irregularities and is asked to resign the Bar Association.
- (24)
- France
- Michel Kelber
- Robert Siodmak
Flesh and the Woman. 1954 ‘Le grand jeu’ Directed by Robert Siodmak. In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- Robert Siodmak
- Spéva Films, Rizzoli Film
Synopsis. Bankrupt and disbarred, Parisian lawyer Pierre Martel heads for Algiers where he's supposed to rejoin his high-maintenance Italian girlfriend...
Jacques Feyder Story. Michel Kelber Cinematography. Critics reviews. Bankrupt and disbarred, Parisian lawyer Pierre Martel heads for Algiers where he’s supposed to rejoin his high-maintenance Italian girlfriend Sylvia but when she fails to show-up a heart-broken Pierre joins the French Foreign Legion.
Flesh and the Woman (1954)
