The Six Sided Triangle (1963)

The eternal triangle of wife, lover and husband as seen through the lens eye of six different countries: Arabia, England, France, Italy, Japan and Sweden. The same three actors play the wife (Sarah Miles), lover (Nicol Williamson) and husband (Bill Meilen) in all six stories. Written and directed by Christopher Miles (VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY), the film was nominated for an Academy Award as best short subject (it's thirty minutes long). The stories often take on the look of their respective country's film makers and/or stars. For example, the Swedish segment is clearly a homage to Ingmar Bergman and in the French segment, Sarah Miles is done up to look like Brigitte Bardot. The dialogue is minimal, it's practically a silent film. There is some brief dialogue in the English segment and occasional subtitles or intertitles on the others. A slight but clever cinematic conceit that should prove catnip to film buffs.