Thérèse Étienne

• Françoise Arnoul: Thérèse Étienne
• James Robertson Justice: Anton Müller
• Pierre Thundgot: Gottfried Müller
• Guy Decomble: Röthlisberger
• Georges Chamarat: President de la Cour
• François Chaumette: prosecutor

Thérèse Étienne is a French-Italian film melodrama from 1957, emerged from the novel Therese Etienne ( Original title: Into the Abyss ) by John Knittel. The German premiere took place on 21 March 1958.

Content

Thérèse Étienne leaves her parents and works in Switzerland as a servant of the rich landowner Anton Müller. His overtures they can hardly resist, so that it is making a suicide attempt. Müller then she marries. Your true love, miller stepson Gottfried, she impregnates. After Anton has come behind the affair and its consequences, Therese poisoned him; Gottfried takes up the case and is considered guilty until Therese confesses the truth.

Criticism

" A routine with a lot of anguish and heartache in scene set melodrama bordering on the kitsch, which it at all atmospheric density and very careful design to a lack of depth to essential about the human or " evil " to be able to testify. "