The Red and the Black (1954 film)

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The Red and the Black
1954 Le Rouge et le noir.jpg
theatrical poster
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Screenplay by Jean Aurenche
Pierre Bost
Claude Autant-Lara
Produced byHenry Deutschmeister
Gianni Hecht Lucari
Cinematography Michel Kelber
Edited byMadeleine Gug
Music by René Cloërec
Production
companies
Franco London Films
Documento Film
Distributed by Gaumont Distribution (France)
CEI-Incom (Italy)
Release dates
  • 29 October 1954 (1954-10-29)(France)
  • 8 April 1958 (1958-04-08)(USA)
Running time
113–185 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office4,344,414 admissions (France) [1]

The Red and the Black (French : Le rouge et le noir) 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. [2] The film starred Gérard 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'Académie du Cinéma the same year.

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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 minutes(or 194 minutes in 2 parts and at its New York opening it was 137 minutes.

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References

  1. "Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films". Box Office Story.
  2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876055487.