The Oldest Profession (1967)

Original title

Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde

Directed by

Franco Indovina, Claude Autant-Lara, Philippe de Broca, Michael Pfleghar

Genre

comedy film, anthology film

Country

Germany, France, Italy

Runtime

2h

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Six directors each direct a segment that shows prostitution in different historical periods. The film jumps across time with a comedic tone.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulnostalgicepisodicirreverentsatiricalcampy

What happens

The Oldest Profession (French: Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde) is a 1967 internationally co-produced comedy film. It features contributions from six different film directors, each one doing a segment on prostitution through the ages. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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