In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

Edwige Fenech
as Emma Bovary

Gerhard Riedmann
as Dr. Charles Bovary

Franco Ressel
as Adolphe Lheureus

Peter Carsten
as Rudolf Boulanger

Gianni Dei
as Leon Dupuis

Rossana Rovere
as

Franco Borelli
as Vicomte Gaston Fresnaye

Patrizia Adiutori
as Brigitte, die Nymphe

Maria Pia Conte
as Felicitas

Edda Ferronao
as Anastasia