The Magnificent Lie (1955 film)

The Magnificent Lie (Swedish: Den underbara lögnen) is a 1955 Swedish drama film directed by Mike Road and starring Signe Hasso, William Langford, Road and Stig Olin. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. It is based on the 1831 short story La Grande Bretèche by Honoré de Balzac and a further short story by Guy de Maupassant. Hasso produced the film, having recently return from a Hollywood, and cast her husband Langford opposite her.

Synopsis
On the night before her wedding a young prospective bride opens a book of short stories and witnesses two nineteenth century tales of love and tragedy.

Cast

 * Signe Hasso as 	Joséphine de Merret
 * William Langford as	Count Louis de Merret
 * Ragnar Arvedson as 	Innkeeper
 * Sven Arvor as 	Waiter
 * Ann Bibby as 	Innkeeper's Wife
 * John Botvid as	Old Man
 * Ruth Brady as 	Agnes' Cousin
 * Tor Isedal as 	Policeman
 * Lillebil Kjellén as 	Gertrud
 * Stig Olin as 	Goronflot
 * Hjördis Petterson as 	Aunt Emilie
 * Mike Road as 	Edmond
 * Naima Wifstrand as Gertrud (50 years later)