Bethsabée

Bethsabée is a 1947 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Danielle Darrieux, Georges Marchal and Jean Murat. It is also known by the alternative title of . It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoît, set in French Morocco. The title is a reference to the biblical story of Bathsheba. The film was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.

Bethsabée is a 1947 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Danielle Darrieux, Georges Marchal and Jean Murat. It is also known by the alternative title of . It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoît, set in French Morocco. The title is a reference to the biblical story of Bathsheba. The film was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.

Plot

Arabella travels to French Morocco to join her fiancé, an officer serving with the spahis. One of the other officers is her former lover who knows all about her tumultuous past.

Cast

Danielle Darrieux as Arabella Delvert Georges Marchal as Captain Georges Dubreuil Jean Murat as Colonel de Cervière Paul Meurisse as Captain Lucien Sommervill Pierre-Louis as Lieutenant Testard Olivier Darrieux as Driver Nicolas Vogel as Adjutant Robert Darène as Major Andrée Clément as Evelyne de Cerviere

References

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Besthabee at Unifrance Bethsabee at BFI

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