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Documento Film"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwAg">1954 French film
The Red and the Black | |
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Directed by | Claude Autant-Lara |
Screenplay by | Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost Claude Autant-Lara |
Produced by | Henry Deutschmeister Gianni Hecht Lucari |
Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
Edited by | Madeleine Gug |
Music by | René Cloërec |
Production companies | Franco London Films Documento Film |
Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution (France) CEI-Incom (Italy) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 113–185 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | French |
Box office | 4,344,414 admissions (France) [1] |
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