The Stranger | |
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Directed by | Luchino Visconti |
Screenplay by | Luchino Visconti Suso Cecchi d'Amico |
Based on | The Stranger 1942 novel by Albert Camus |
Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
Starring | Marcello Mastroianni Anna Karina Bernard Blier Jacques Herlin Georges Géret Georges Wilson |
Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 14 October 1967 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | French/Italian |
The Stranger (Italian : Lo straniero) is a 1967 film by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, based on Albert Camus's 1942 novel The Stranger , with Marcello Mastroianni. [1]
Arthur Mersault's friend Raymond beats his girlfriend and is sued by her. In court, Mersault testifies to his friend's advantage. Raymond is off the hook, but now his girlfriend's male relatives stalk Mersault. He shoots one of them and ends up in prison.
Alain Delon originally was announced for the lead. [2]
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