---
title: 'La Chair de l''orchidée (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Patrice Chéreau'
released: '1975-01-29'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-chair-de-lorchidee-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071297/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# La Chair de l'orchidée (1975)

1975 · 115 min · Drama · Germany, France, Italy


## Synopsis

La Chair de l'orchidée is a 1975 film by Patrice Chéreau as his directorial debut, adapted by him and by Jean-Claude Carrière from the 1948 book The Flesh of the Orchid by British writer James Hadley Chase, "a pulp-novel sequel to No Orchids for Miss Blandish" (1939). The film stars Charlotte Rampling, Simone Signoret, Bruno Cremer, Edwige Feuillère and, in a cameo, Alida Valli.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Patrice Chéreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-chereau)
- **Screenplay:** [Patrice Chéreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-chereau), [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fiorenzo Carpi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fiorenzo-carpi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pierre Lhomme](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-lhomme)
- **Editor:** [Pierre Gillette](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-gillette)

## Cast

- [Hans Christian Blech](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-christian-blech)
- [Pierre Asso](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-asso)
- [Renzo Ricci](https://cinepixo.com/people/renzo-ricci)
- [Roland Bertin](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-bertin)
- [Jacques Sarthou](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-sarthou)
- [Ève Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/eve-francis)
- [Edwige Feuillère](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwige-feuillere)
- [François Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-simon)
- [Jenny Clève](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-cleve)
- [Micheline Bona](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-bona)
- [Günter Meisner](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-meisner)
- [François Viaur](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-viaur)
- [Bruno Cremer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-cremer)
- [Hugues Quester](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugues-quester)
- [Simone Signoret](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-signoret)

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