The Third Lover
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Claude Chabrol
Jacques Charrier
Stéphane Audran
Walther Reyer
Daniel Boulanger
Badri
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
While in Bavaria working on a series of newspaper reports on German life, a second-rate French writer, Albin Mercier, meets Andréas Hartmann, a successful author, and his French wife, Hélène. They accept him as a friend and endeavor to make him feel at home in their luxurious villa. Instead of being grateful to them for filling his lonely hours, Albin becomes morbidly jealous of their happiness and plots to destroy them. While Andréas is away on a business trip. Albin attempts to seduce Hélène. When she rejects him, he begins spying on her and discovers that she has a lover. Albin takes pictures of them and presents them to Andréas. In the quarrel that follows, Andréas stabs his wife to death and then calls the police. Aware that he is responsible for the killing, Albin wallows in self-pity and tries to convince people of his guilt, but they refuse to believe him.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Cast
Jacques Charrier
Stéphane Audran
Walther Reyer
Daniel Boulanger
Badri
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in Munich and elsewhere in Bavaria. Opened in Paris in May 1962 as L'oeil du malin; running time: 80 min. Martial Matthieu is a pseudonym for Claude Chabrol in this film.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1962
Released in United States 1962
