The Oldest Profession

The Oldest Profession
The Oldest Profession
	Film poster
Directed by	Claude Autant-Lara; Mauro Bolognini; Philippe de Broca; Jean-Luc Godard; Franco Indovina; Michael Pfleghar
Written by	Jean Aurenche; Daniel Boulanger; Ennio Flaiano; Jean-Luc Godard; Klaus Munro; André Tabet; Georges Tabet
Produced by	Joseph Bercholz; Horst Wendlandt
Edited by	Nino Baragli; Agnès Guillemot
Release date	21 April 1967;
Running time	119 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Oldest Profession (French: Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde) is a 1967 internationally co-produced comedy film. It features contributions from six different film directors, each one doing a segment on prostitution through the ages.^[1]

Cast

Prehistoric Era (directed by Franco Indovina)^[2]

Michèle Mercier as Brit
Enrico Maria Salerno as Rak
Gabriele Tinti as L'uomo del mar (as Gabriel Tinti)

Roman Nights (directed by Mauro Bolognini)^[2]

Elsa Martinelli as Domitilla
Gastone Moschin as Flavius
Giancarlo Cobelli as Menippo, le poète
Gianni Solaro as Un invité
Luigi Leoni as Un esclave

Mademoiselle Mimi (directed by Phillipe de Broca)^[2]

Jeanne Moreau as Mimi
Jean-Claude Brialy as Philibert
Jean Richard as Le commissaire du peuple
Jacques Monod as Un homme du peuple
Catherine Samie as Toinette
Gérard Lartigau as Antoine
Albert Rémy as Frenchman with 2 sous
Pierre Tornade as Le déménageur

The Gay Nineties (directed by Michael Pfleghar)^[2]

Paris Today (directed by Claude Autant-Lara)^[2]

Nadia Gray as Nadia
France Anglade as Catherine
Jacques Duby as Le gendarme
Francis Blanche as Le docteur
Marcel Dalio as Me Vladimir Leskov
Gabriel Gobin as Un monsieur choqué
Laure Paillette as Une locataire
Jacques Marin as Un agent de police

Anticipation (directed by Jean-Luc Godard)^[2]

Jacques Charrier as Nick / John Demetrius
Anna Karina as Natasha / Eleanor Romeovich, Hostess 703
Marilù Tolo as Marlene, Miss Physical Love
Daniel Bart
Jean-Patrick Lebel

References

^ Canby, Vincent. "NY Times.com: The Oldest Profession". nytimes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Canby, Vincent (8 November 1968). "Movie Review: The Oldest Profession". nytimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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[nytimes-1] Canby, Vincent. "NY Times.com: The Oldest Profession". nytimes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

[nytimes_review-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Canby, Vincent (8 November 1968). "Movie Review: The Oldest Profession". nytimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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