The Lions Are Loose

The Lions Are Loose

95 mins | Comedy | Sept. 20, 1961

Albertine, a young woman from Bordeaux, leaves her town and her husband to discover the joys of the French capital. Thanks to her friend Cécile, she penetrates Parisian high society and becomes the subject of rivalry between Dr André Challenberg and a fashionable young novelist, Didier Marèze.

The Lions Are Loose

95 mins | Comedy | Sept. 20, 1961

The Lions Are Loose
Albertine, a young woman from Bordeaux, leaves her town and her husband to discover the joys of the French capital. Thanks to her friend Cécile, she penetrates Parisian high society and becomes the subject of rivalry between Dr André Challenberg and a fashionable young novelist, Didier Marèze.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Franco London Films, Vides Cinematografica
Original title Les lions sont lâchés
Directors Henri Verneuil
Writers France Roche, Michel Audiard

Cast

Claudia Cardinale

as Albertine Ferran

Jean-Claude Brialy

as Didier Marèze

Michèle Morgan

as Cécile, l'amie d'Albertine

Danielle Darrieux

as Marie-Laure Robert-Guichard,

Lino Ventura

as le docteur André Challenberg

Darry Cowl

as Richard, le polytechnicien, amateur de voitures

Jean Ozenne

as Alfred Robert-Guichard, le mari de Marie-Laure

Denise Provence

as Hélène Challenberg, la femme du docteur

Francis Nani

as Arnaud Guichard

Martine Messager

as Florence Guichard