Le Corbeau (1943)
(The Raven)
Country: FR
Technical: bw 92m
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey, Ginette Leclerc, Hélène Manson
Synopsis:
In occupied France (one presumes, though the war is for obvious reasons unmentioned) a provincial town finds itself the prey of poison pen letters, directing most of their venom at the newly arrived Docteur Germain and his supposed professional malpractice and moral turpitude.
Review:
Now a key film of the occupation, one which both the Left and Right have claimed as their own, this was pilloried by critics at the time and caused its director no end of trouble after the liberation; indeed he made no further films for several years. Aside from its historic significance, it is a tightly wrought, surprisingly callous thriller with Hitchcockian touches and cynical asides that make it the unmistakable work of the director of Les Diaboliques.
(The Raven)
Country: FR
Technical: bw 92m
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey, Ginette Leclerc, Hélène Manson
Synopsis:
In occupied France (one presumes, though the war is for obvious reasons unmentioned) a provincial town finds itself the prey of poison pen letters, directing most of their venom at the newly arrived Docteur Germain and his supposed professional malpractice and moral turpitude.
Review:
Now a key film of the occupation, one which both the Left and Right have claimed as their own, this was pilloried by critics at the time and caused its director no end of trouble after the liberation; indeed he made no further films for several years. Aside from its historic significance, it is a tightly wrought, surprisingly callous thriller with Hitchcockian touches and cynical asides that make it the unmistakable work of the director of Les Diaboliques.
(The Raven)
Country: FR
Technical: bw 92m
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey, Ginette Leclerc, Hélène Manson
Synopsis:
In occupied France (one presumes, though the war is for obvious reasons unmentioned) a provincial town finds itself the prey of poison pen letters, directing most of their venom at the newly arrived Docteur Germain and his supposed professional malpractice and moral turpitude.
Review:
Now a key film of the occupation, one which both the Left and Right have claimed as their own, this was pilloried by critics at the time and caused its director no end of trouble after the liberation; indeed he made no further films for several years. Aside from its historic significance, it is a tightly wrought, surprisingly callous thriller with Hitchcockian touches and cynical asides that make it the unmistakable work of the director of Les Diaboliques.