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The Red and the Black (1954 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Red and the Black' is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, based on the novel 'The Red and the Black' by Stendhal. The film starred Grard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi and Danielle Darrieux, and won the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics award for the best film of 1955 and the Grand Prix de l'Acadmie du Cinma the same year.
It was shot the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.
Shown in various versions, the film's length is generally given as 113 minutes. In Canada it was 171 minutes; a longer version in France was 185 minutesor 194 minutes in 2 parts and at its New York opening it was 137 minutes.
Cast
*Grard Philipe as Julien Sorel
*Danielle Darrieux as Madame de Rnal
*Antonella Lualdi as Mathilde de la Mole
*Jean Mercure as Marchese de la Mle
*Jean Martinelli as Monsieur de Rnal
*Antoine Balptr as Abate Pirard
*Anna Maria Sandri as Elisa
*Mirko Ellis as Norbert de la Mle
*Pierre Jourdan as Comte Altamira
* Jean Mercure as Marquis de La Mole
* Alexandre Rignault as Le pre Sorel
* Grard Sty as Le lieutenant Liven
* Jacques Varennes as Le prsident du tribunal
* Claude Sylvain as Amanda Binet
References
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