La Sorcière (film)

La Sorcière
Directed byAndré Michel
Written byPaul Andréota
Jacques Companéez
Christiane Imbert
Aleksandr Kuprin
Produced byRobert Woog
StarringMarina Vlady
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byVictoria Mercanton
Music byNorbert Glanzberg
André Lafosse
Production
companies
Films Metzger et Woog
Iéna Productions
Nordisk Tonefilm
Release date
  • 11 April 1956 (1956-04-11)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesFrance, Sweden
LanguagesFrench, Swedish

La Sorcière (French: The Sorceress, Swedish title: Häxan) is a 1956 fantasy romance drama film directed by André Michel based on a screenplay by Paul Andréota and Jacques Companéez. Adapted from the 1898 Alexander Kuprin novel Olesya.

Plot summary

A French civil engineer Laurent Brulard is involved in road construction in a remote corner of Sweden There he meets a local girl named Ina whom locals consider to be a witch. A considerable element of the drama is the love triangle that involves Laurent's landlady Kristina.

Cast

Awards

At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2020-05-16.


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