| Daughters of Destiny | |
| Director: | Marcello Pagliero (segment "Elisabeth") Jean Delannoy (segment "Jeanne") Christian-Jaque (segment "Lysistrata") |
| Producer: | Henry Deutschmeister |
| Story: | Sergio Amidei (segment "Elisabeth") Aristophanes (segment "Lysistrata") |
| Starring: | Claudette Colbert Michèle Morgan Martine Carol |
| Music: | Roman Vlad |
| Cinematography: | Mario Craveri (segment "Elisabeth") Robert Lefebvre (segment "Jeanne") Raffaele Masciocchi Christian Matras (segment "Lysistrata") |
| Editing: | Laure Casseau (segment "Elisabeth") James Cuenet (segment "Jeanne") Jacques Desagneaux (segment "Lysistrata") |
| Studio: | Franco London Films Continental Produzione |
| Distributor: | Continental Produzione |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes (U.S.) 96 minutes (UK) |
| Country: | France Italy[1] |
| Language: | French English |
Daughters of Destiny (UK title: Love, Soldiers and Women, French title: Destinées and Italian title: Destini di donne) is a 1954 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture comedy drama directed by Marcello Pagliero, Jean Delannoy and Christian-Jaque. The film stars Claudette Colbert (segment "Elisabeth"), Michèle Morgan (segment "Jeanne") and Martine Carol (segment "Lysistrata"). It tells three stories, which are unrelated, but each deal with a woman and war.
In this trilogy of stories, the episode "Elizabeth" is about an American war-widow who goes to Italy where her husband was in World War II. The episode "Jeanne" tells the life of Jeanne d'Arc. The episode "Lysistrata" is about Athenian wives, an adaptation of the Greek play.