Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.
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Danièle Barraud as Suzon, Prostitute (segment "L'avarice")
Jean-Pierre Cassel as Raymond (segment "L'avarice")
Jacques Charrier as Antoine (segment "L'avarice")
Claude Rich as Armand (segment "L'avarice")
Sacha Briquet as Harry (segment "L'avarice")
Jean-Claude Brialy as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
Dany Saval as Rosette (segment "L'envie")
Claude Brasseur as Riri (segment "L'envie")
Geneviève Casile as Rita Gerly (segment "L'envie")
Jean Murat as Duchemin (segment "L'envie")
Jacques Monod as Monsieur Jasmin (segment "L'envie")
Georges Wilson as Valentin (segment "La gourmandise")
Marcelle Arnold as L'Épouse de Valentin (segment "La gourmandise")
Paul Préboist as Alphonse - le Facteur (segment "La gourmandise")
Magdeleine Bérubet as Nénesse - la Belle-Mère (segment "La gourmandise")
Jean Desailly as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Micheline Presle as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Laurent Terzieff as Jacques (segment "La luxure")
Jean-Louis Trintignant as Bernard Duparc (segment "La luxure")
Eddie Constantine as Self (segment "La paresse")
Nicole Mirel as Self (segment "La paresse")
Marina Vlady as Catherine Lartigue - la Femme (segment "L'orgueuil")
Sami Frey as François - l'Amant (segment "L'orgueuil")
Jean-Pierre Aumont as Jean Lartigue - le Mari (segment "L'orgueuil")
Michèle Girardon as Héloïse - la Maîtresse (segment "L'orgueuil")
Marie-José Nat as La Jeune Femme (segment "La colère")
Perrette Pradier as La Speakerine (segment "La colère")
Dominique Paturel as Le Mari (segment "La colère")
Jean-Marc Tennberg as Le Gendarme (segment "La colère")
Nane Germon as La Dame au Café (segment "La colère")
France Anglade as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Claudine Auger as La Nouvelle Servante (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Michel Benoist as Georges (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Serge Bento as Jean (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Nicole Berger as (segment "La luxure") (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Claude Berri as André (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Nicole Birner as (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Adriano Celentano as Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claude Chabrol as Le Pharmacien (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
André Chanal as Jacques (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Tsilla Chelton as (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Stéphanie Danick as (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Paul Demange as M. Verdier (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Nicole Desailly as (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Colette Dorsay as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Paulette Dubost as Madame Jasmin (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Bernard Evein as Loving Couple Man (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Yves Gabrielli as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Berthe Granval as Une Vendeuse (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Gilles Guillot as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Henri Guégan as Un Bagarreur (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Françoise Hamburger as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
André Jocelyn as Yvan (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev as Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Danièle Lebrun as (segment "L'envie'") (uncredited)
Rico López as Le Bagarreur (uncredited)
Claude Mansard as L'Homme à la Pipe (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Corinne Marchand as Girl on the Street (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Jean-Claude Massoulier as Pierre (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
Albert Michel as Le Suisse à l'Église (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited)
Max Montavon as Henri (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Bernard Papineau as Albert (segment "L'avarice") (uncredited)
Jeanne Pérez as La Vestiaire (segment "L'avarice'") (uncredited)
William Sabatier as Policeman (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Gino Santercole as Musician on TV (Segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Geneviève Thénier as Loving Couple Woman (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
Roger Vadim as Le Récitant (segment "L'orgueuil") (uncredited)
Henri Virlogeux as Antonin (segment "La gourmandise") (uncredited)
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