A film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Guy de Maupassant. The action takes place in the XIX century. Franco-Prussian War of 1870. A group of French bourgeois leaves in a stagecoach from Rouen occupied by Prussian troops. Along with them comes one attractive demimonde lady. The only way to get out is to persuade her, nicknamed "Ball-of-Fat" a la "Boule-de-Suif" to satisfy the lust of the head of the gendarmerie...
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Galina SergeyevaElizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif) | Elizabeth Rousset (Boule-de-Suif) |
 Andrey Faytprussian officer | prussian officer |
 Anatoli GoryunovMr. Louiseau, wine merchant | Mr. Louiseau, wine merchant |
 Faina RanevskayaMme. Loiseau | Mme. Loiseau |
 Pyotr RepninMr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant | Mr. Carré-Lamadon, cotton merchant |
 Tatyana OkunevskayaMme Carré-Lamadon | Mme Carré-Lamadon |
 Mikhail MukhinCount de Bréville | Count de Bréville |
| YYevgeniya MezentsevaCountess | Countess |
 Sofya Levitinaelderly nun | elderly nun |
| NNina Sukhotskayayoung nun | young nun |
| VVladimir LavrinovichMr. Cornudet | Mr. Cornudet |
 Karl Gurnyakgerman soldier | german soldier |
| VValentina Kuznetsovamaid of the hotel | maid of the hotel |
 Vsevolod YakutNarrator (1955 release) | Narrator (1955 release) |