The Swimming Pool poster
Writer Jean-Claude Carrière, Jacques Deray
Director Jacques Deray

The Swimming Pool

Original Title: La Piscine

Tagline: The most dangerous love-game ever played.

Release Date: 1969-01-31

Duration: 123 minutes

Synopsis

Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.

Casting

  • Alain Delon
    Jean-Paul
  • Romy Schneider
    Marianne
  • Jane Birkin
    Penelope
  • Maurice Ronet
    Harry
  • Paul Crauchet
    L'inspecteur Lévêque
  • Maddly Bamy
    La mulâtre
  • Steve Eckardt
    Fred
  • Thierry Chabert
    Un ami
  • Suzie Jaspard
    Emilie
  • Ruth Price
    Singer