---
title: 'A Simple Story (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Claude Sautet'
released: '1978-11-22'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-simple-story-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075975/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Simple Story (1978)

1978 · 107 min · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: Une histoire simple

## Synopsis

A Simple Story is a 1978 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. For her role as Marie, Romy Schneider won the 1979 César Award for Best Actress.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Claude Sautet](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-sautet)
- **Screenplay:** [Claude Sautet](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-sautet), [Jean-Loup Dabadie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-loup-dabadie)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Producer:** [Horst Wendlandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-wendlandt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Boffety](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-boffety)

## Cast

- [Pierre Forget](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-forget)
- [Jean-François Garreaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-garreaud)
- [Nadine Alari](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadine-alari)
- [Arlette Bonnard](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlette-bonnard)
- [Francine Bergé](https://cinepixo.com/people/francine-berge)
- [Pierre Semmler](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-semmler)
- [Jacques Sereys](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-sereys)
- [Michel Debost](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-debost)
- [Eva Darlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-darlan)
- [Blanche Ravalec](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-ravalec)
- [Jean Deschamps](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-deschamps)
- [Romy Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/romy-schneider)
- [Bruno Cremer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-cremer)
- [Xavier Gélin](https://cinepixo.com/people/xavier-gelin)
- [Roger Pigaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-pigaut)

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