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The Oldest Profession Cast & Characters

The Oldest Profession (1968) stars Michèle Mercier as Brit (segment "L'ère préhistorique"), Enrico Maria Salerno as Rak (segment "L'ère préhistorique") and Gabriele Tinti as The Trader (segment "L'ère préhistorique"). The drama movie was released November 8, 1968. Below is the full cast and crew.

1968 · 1h 59m 50 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Philippe de Broca , Jean-Luc Godard , Claude Autant-Lara , Mauro Bolognini , Franco Indovina , Michael Pfleghar

Screenplay

Jean-Luc Godard , Ennio Flaiano , Daniel Boulanger , Georges Tabet , André Tabet , Jean Aurenche

Producers

Joseph Bercholz , Horst Wendlandt

Music

Michel Legrand

Cinematography

Pierre Lhomme , Alessandro D'Eva , Dario Di Palma , Heinz Hölscher

Editor

Nino Baragli , Agnès Guillemot , Susanne Paschen

Production design

Max Douy , Bernard Evein , Maurice Petri , Ottavio Scotti

Costume design

Helmut Holger

Full cast

34 cast members

Michèle Mercier

Brit (segment "L'ère préhistorique")

Enrico Maria Salerno

Rak (segment "L'ère préhistorique")

The Trader (segment "L'ère préhistorique")

Elsa Martinelli

Domitilla (segment "Nuits romaines")

Gastone Moschin

Flavius (segment "Nuits romaines")

Giancarlo Cobelli

Menippus (segment "Nuits romaines")

Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

Catherine Samie

Toinette (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

Jean-Claude Brialy

Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

Nini (segment "La belle époque")

Édouard (segment "La belle époque")

Siegfried Schürenberg

Another Banker (segment "La belle époque")

Tilly Lauenstein

Another Prostitute (segment "La belle époque")

Nadia (segment "Aujourd'hui")

Catherine (segment "Aujourd'hui")

The Gendarme (segment "Aujourd'hui")

Vladimir Leskov (segment "Aujourd'hui")

Francis Blanche

The Doctor (segment "Aujourd'hui")

Marlène (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")

Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")

Jacques Charrier

John Demetrius (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")

A Slave (segment "Nuits romaines") (uncredited)

A Guest (segment "Nuits romaines") (uncredited)

Gérard Lartigau

Antoine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)

A Man in the Street (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)

Frenchman with 2 Sous (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)

The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)

A Shocked Gentleman (segment "Aujourd'hui") (uncredited)

Policeman (segment "Aujourd'hui") (uncredited)

Laure Paillette

A Tenant (segment "Aujourd'hui") (uncredited)

(segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000") (uncredited)

Jean-Patrick Lebel

(segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000") (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud

The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)

Crew by department

32 crew members

Directing

Claude Autant-Lara

Franco Indovina

Jean-Luc Godard

Mauro Bolognini

Michael Pfleghar

Philippe de Broca

Charles L. Bitsch

Assistant Director

Alessandro D'Eva

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Heinz Hölscher

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Writing

Daniel Boulanger

Jean-Luc Godard

Production

Horst Wendlandt

Joseph Bercholz

Production Manager

Camera

Still Photographer

Editing

Agnès Guillemot

Susanne Paschen

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Production Design

Production Design

Production Design

Production Design

Costume & Makeup

Other

Clemente Fracassi

General Manager

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