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Movie · 1965

Black Humor

Released 12 April 1965 112 min Comedy More from 1965 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Sylvie
as La mère Belhomme - segment 1 'La Bestiole" (as Louise Sylvie)
82
Pauline Carton
as La Rapet - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
80
Robert Arnoux
as segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Died aged 64, before release
Pierre Brasseur
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
59
Rafaela Aparicio
59
Jean Martinelli
as segment 1 'La Bestiole'
55
Pierre Repp
as segment 1 'La Bestiole'
55
Paulette Dubost
as segment 1 'La Bestiole'
54
Folco Lulli
as Count Ripoli - segment 3 'La cornacchia'
52
Jacques Marin
as segment 1 'La Bestiole'
45
Jean Richard
as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
43
Alida Valli
as The Widow - segment 3 'La cornacchia'
43
José Luis López Vázquez
as Jacinto - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
43
Emma Penella
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
35
Agustín González
as segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
35
Leo Anchóriz
as Gayton - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
32
Alicia Hermida
as segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
32
Madame Parlow
as segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
50years between the oldest and youngest billed
82Sylvie — oldest on the call sheet
32Alicia Hermida — youngest billed
51average age of the credited cast
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