Le Rouge et le Noir (1954)
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Synopsis of Le Rouge et le Noir
Stendhal's brilliant but difficult novel Le Rouge et le Noir all but defies transfer to film, but adaptor/director Claude Autant-Lara comes within shouting distance of full success. Stripped to essentials, the plot concerns Julien Sorel (Gerard Philipe), a carpenter's son who becomes a tutor. While his duties do not include the seduction of his employer's wife (Danielle Darrieux), Sorel offers this service free of charge. After this episode, Sorel becomes a priest...and the story isn't over yet. Though the director is too doggedly literal in his adaptation at times, and despite the fact that Gerard Philipe was about ten years too old for the part of Jean Sorel, Le Rouge et le Noir manages to hold the audience in its thrall for 2 hours and 50 minutes (most American prints, retitled The Red and the Black, run only 140 minutes). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Le Rouge et le Noir
- Gérard Philipe - Julian Sorel
- Jean Martinelli - M. de Renal
- Jean Mercure - Marquis de La Mole
- Antoine Balpêtré - Abbe Pirard
- Georges Descrieres - M. de Croisenois
- Suzanne Nivette - Marquess de La Mole
- Alexandre Rignault
- Claude Sylvain - Amanda Binet
- Pierre Jourdan - Count Altamira
- Danielle Darrieux - Mme. Louise de Renal
- Antonella Lualdi - Mathilde de La Mole
- Anna Maria Sandri - Elisa the Maid
- André Brunot - Abbe Chelan
- Michèle Morgan
- Mirko Ellis - Norbert de La Mole
- Gerard Sety
- Jacques Varennes - President of the Court
- Director(s):
- Claude Autant-Lara
- Writer(s):
- Pierre Bost, Claude Autant-Lara, Jean Aurenche
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