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A Golden Widow (French: Une veuve en or) is a 1969 comedy film directed by Michel Audiard and starring Michèle Mercier, Claude Rich and Roger Carel.^[1] It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti.

Synopsis

A woman discovers that she has inherited a huge fortune from a relation. However the unusual terms of inheritance state that she must be a widow, otherwise the money will go elsewhere. She seeks to get a gangster to murder her sculptor husband who in turn goes to other gangsters to seek protection.

Cast

• Michèle Mercier as Delphine Berger
• Claude Rich as Antoine Berger
• Roger Carel as Aristophane Percankas - un riche armateur grec
• Jean Carmet as Un membre du Yiddish International Power
• Daniel Ceccaldi as Le conservateur du musée
• Jean-Pierre Darras as Rapha - le chef du syndicat du crime
• Mario David as Monsieur Sigmund - un admirateur zurichois
• Folco Lulli as Le Sicilien - un tueur
• André Pousse as Pierre Déricourt de Savignac dit Pierrot le Farceur
• Sim as Il Vecchio - un tueur sur le retour
• Jacques Dufilho as Joseph - un détective
• Max Amyl as Le Pierrot
• Jean Martin as Un lieutenant

References

Bibliography

• Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• A Golden Widow at IMDb