The Oldest Profession
5.0(33) 1967-04-07 119 minComedyDrama
A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.
DirectorPhilippe de Broca
DirectorJean-Luc Godard
DirectorClaude Autant-Lara
DirectorMauro Bolognini
DirectorFranco Indovina
DirectorMichael Pfleghar
WriterJean-Luc Godard
WriterEnnio Flaiano
Cast & characters
Michèle Mercier
as Brit (segment "L'ère préhistorique")
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Enrico Maria Salerno
as Rak (segment "L'ère préhistorique")
Gabriele Tinti
as The Trader (segment "L'ère préhistorique")
Elsa Martinelli
as Domitilla (segment "Nuits romaines")
Gastone Moschin
as Flavius (segment "Nuits romaines")
Giancarlo Cobelli
as Menippus (segment "Nuits romaines")
Jeanne Moreau
as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Catherine Samie
as Toinette (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Jean Richard
as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Raquel Welch
as Nini (segment "La belle époque")
Martin Held
as Édouard (segment "La belle époque")
Siegfried Schürenberg
as Another Banker (segment "La belle époque")
Tilly Lauenstein
as Another Prostitute (segment "La belle époque")
Nadia Gray
as Nadia (segment "Aujourd'hui")
France Anglade
as Catherine (segment "Aujourd'hui")
Jacques Duby
as The Gendarme (segment "Aujourd'hui")
Marcel Dalio
as Vladimir Leskov (segment "Aujourd'hui")
Francis Blanche
as The Doctor (segment "Aujourd'hui")
Marilù Tolo
as Marlène (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
Anna Karina
as Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
Jacques Charrier
as John Demetrius (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
Luigi Leoni
as A Slave (segment "Nuits romaines") (uncredited)
Gianni Solaro
as A Guest (segment "Nuits romaines") (uncredited)
