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Wikipedia article
'The Red Inn' is a 1951 French comedy crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Fernandel, Franoise Rosay and Julien Carette. It premiered on 19 October 1951. A remake of the film, directed by Grard Krawczyk, premiered in 2007.
Plot
Set in 1833, it tells the story of how a monk visits the inn l'Auberge rouge in Peyrebeille, where the innkeeper confesses to a number of serious sins. The film is based on the actual crime case of the Peyrebeille Inn.
Production
The film was originally supposed to be an adaptation of Honor de Balzac's 1831 short story 'The Red Inn' ("L'auberge rouge"), as part of the commemoration to mark a hundred years since Balzac's death. When the financing encountered problems and took longer than expected, the filmmakers decided to keep the title, but change the project into a treatment of the events of the Auberge rouge in Peyrebeille, which are unrelated to Balzac's story.
The story had been filmed twice before, as a 1910 French silent film adapted by Abel Gance, and later as a 1923 film directed by Jean Epstein, with both of those earlier versions sticking much closer to the original story.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 267. .
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.
Cast
* Fernandel as the monk
* Franoise Rosay as Marie Martin
* Marie-Claire Olivia as Mathilde
* Jean-Roger Caussimon as Dauvin
* Nane Germon as Elisa
* Jacques Charon as Rodolphe
* Julien Carette as Pierre Martin
* Grgoire Aslan as Barbeuf
* Andre Viala as La Marquise De La Roche de Glun
* Didier D'yd as Janou
* Lud Germain as Ftiche
* Robert Berri as Le Cocher
* Andr Cheff as Le dandy
* Andr Dalibert as le bcheron
* Manuel Gary as Un gendarme
* Ren Lefevre-Bel as Un gendarme
References
Bibliography
* Leahy, Sarah & Vanderschelden, Isabelle. 'Screenwriters in French cinema'. Manchester University Press, 2021.
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