Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir (English title, House of Pleasure) is a 1952 French comedy-drama anthology film by German-born film director Max Ophüls (1902–1957) adapting three short stories by Guy de Maupassant — "Le Masque" (1889), "La Maison Tellier" (1881), and "Le Modèle" (1883).
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| Directed by | Max Ophüls |
| Screenplay by | Jacques Natanson Max Ophüls |
| Story by | Guy de Maupassant |
| Produced by | Max Ophüls M. Kieffer Édouard Harispuru |
| Starring | Claude Dauphin Jean Galland Gaby Morlay Madeleine Renaud Daniel Gélin Danielle Darrieux Simone Simon Jean Gabin |
| Cinematography | Philippe Agostini Christian Matras |
| Edited by | Leonide Azar |
| Music by | Joe Hajos Maurice Yvain |
| Distributed by | Columbia |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Ophüls was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction. This was the last of Ophüls' two Oscar nominations in his career.
The mask worn by Ambroise in Le Masque was created by Rostislav Doboujinsky and would become one of the costume designer's specialties.
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