Contempt

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

Cast

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

as Camille Javal

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

as Paul Javal

Jack Palance

Jack Palance

as Jeremy Prokosch

Giorgia Moll

Giorgia Moll

as Francesca Vanini

Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang

as Fritz Lang

Raoul Coutard

Raoul Coutard

as Cameraman

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

as Lang's Assistant Director

Linda Veras

Linda Veras

as Sirene

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Jack Palance is ideally cast here as the Hollywood producer ("Prokosch") who has commissioned the legendary director Fritz Lang to breathe a last breath of life into the once thriving peplum genre with an adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey". He sees the rushes, and aside from a little nymph swimming in ...

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