Daughters of Destiny


Daughters of Destiny is a 1954 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture comedy drama directed by Marcello Pagliero, Jean Delannoy and Christian-Jaque. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Michèle Morgan and Martine Carol. It tells three stories, which are unrelated, but each deal with a woman and war.

Plot

In this trilogy of stories, the episode "Elizabeth" is about an American war-widow who goes to Italy where her husband was in World War II. The episode "Jeanne" tells the life of Jeanne d'Arc. The episode "Lysistrata" is about Athenian wives, an adaptation of the Greek play.

Principal cast

;segment "Elisabeth"
;segment "Jeanne"
;segment "Lysistrata"