Daughters of Destiny

Infobox Film
name = Daughters of Destiny


caption =
director = Marcello Pagliero (segment "Elisabeth")
Jean Delannoy (segment "Jeanne")
Christian-Jaque (segment "Lysistrata")
producer = Henry Deutschmeister
writer = Sergio Amidei (segment "Elisabeth")
Aristophanes (segment "Lysistrata")
starring = Claudette Colbert
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Michèle Morgan
Martine Carol
music = Roman Vlad
cinematography = Mario Craveri (segment "Elisabeth")
Robert Lefebvre (segment "Jeanne")
Raffaele Masciocchi (segment "Lysistrata")
Christian Matras (segment "Lysistrata")
editing = Laure Casseau (segment "Elisabeth")
James Cuenet (segment "Jeanne")
Jacques Desagneaux(segment "Lysistrata")
distributor = Continental Produzione
released = flagicon|France 27 January 1954 flagicon|USA 5 July 1954
flagicon|West Germany 1 October
flagicon|Finland 10 May 1956
runtime = USA:94 min / UK:96 min / West Germany:102 min
country = France / Italy [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044544/ Destinées (1954) ] ]
awards =
language = French / English [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044544/ Destinées (1954) ] ]
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:88797
imdb_id = 0044544

"Daughters of Destiny" ("Destinées") is a 1954 film directed by Marcello Pagliero, Jean Delannoy and Christian-Jaque, and starring Claudette Colbert, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Michèle Morgan and Martine Carol.

Plot

Trilogy of stories about war's effect on women beginning with an incident in the life of Joan of Arc, an American war-widow's discovery of her husband's infidelity and a version of "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. Episodes: 1. Jeanne; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Lysistrata.

Cast

*Claudette Colbert as Elizabeth Whitefield (segment "Elisabeth")
*Eleonora Rossi Drago as Angela Ascari/Farmgirl (segment "Elisabeth")
*Mirko Ellis as Anthony (segment "Elisabeth")
*Michèle Morgan as Jeanne d'Arc/Joan of Arc (segment "Jeanne")
*Daniel Ivernel as Baretta (segment "Jeanne")
*Andrée Clément as La mère (segment "Jeanne")
*Michel Piccoli as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
*Robert Dalban as D'Aulon (segment "Jeanne")
*Dora Doll as Une fille (segment "Jeanne")
*Gil Delamare as Noiroufle (segment "Jeanne")
*Jacques Fabbri as Pierre d'Arc (segment "Jeanne")
*Gérard Buhr as Kennedy (segment "Jeanne")
*Albert Michel as Un moine (segment "Jeanne")
*Katherine Kath as La ribaude (segment "Jeanne")
*Martine Carol as Lysistrata (segment "Lysistrata")

References

External links

*tcmdb title|id=493065|title=Daughters of Destiny