The Infernal Trio (1974) on Netflix
NR19741h 47m
In Marseille after the First World War, the lawyer Georges Sarret takes the German Philomène Schmidt as his mistress. To keep her in France, he arranges a marriage for her.
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Plot summary
In Marseille after the First World War, Georges Sarret practices law and has lately been decorated for his wartime service. Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, has lost both her job and her home, and she becomes his lover. Sarret marries her to an older man so that she can stay in the country, and the husband dies of natural causes a month later. Sarret then does the same for Philomène's sister, Catherine, wedding her to an elderly man who also dies soon after, and the three of them claim his life insurance. Chambon, an accomplice, impersonates the bridegroom at the medical examination.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Infernal Trio (1974)
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- The Infernal Trio follows the real case of Georges Sarret and the Schmidt sisters, who were tried and convicted in autumn 1933 at Aix-en-Provence, where Sarret was publicly guillotined on 10 April 1934.
SPOILER
The film departs from the real case: the real Catherine did not die as in the film, Magali was poisoned for not succumbing to tuberculosis quickly enough, and Sarret did not marry Philomena. The trio were instead arrested, tried and convicted, the sisters jailed and Sarret executed.
