A Golden Widow | |
Director: | Michel Audiard |
Producer: | Maurice Jacquin |
Starring: | Michèle Mercier Claude Rich Roger Carel |
Music: | Jacques Loussier |
Cinematography: | Georges Barsky Pierre Petit |
Editing: | Catherine Kelber Hélène Plemiannikov |
Studio: | Comacico Les Films Copernic Mars Film Roxy Film Ultra Film |
Distributor: | Les Films Paramount |
Runtime: | 85 minutes |
Country: | France Italy West Germany |
Language: | French |
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.
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.