Guy de Maupassant

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Guy de Maupassant

1982

2h 11m

5.1(7 votes)

Drama

Overview

The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant.

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12 members

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Claude Brasseur

Guy de Maupassant

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Jean Carmet

François

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Miou-Miou

Gisèle d'Estoc

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Simone Signoret

Maupassant's mother

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Véronique Genest

Fanny

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Jacques Fabbri

Daremberg

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Anne-Marie Philipe

Comtesse Potocka

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Daniel Gélin

Gustave

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Jean-Yves Gautier

Dorchain

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Anne Deleuze

Princesse Polignac

No Image

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William Sabatier

Docteur Blanche

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Catherine Frot

Mouche

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