The Red and the Black (1954 film)

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

* 29 October 1954 (1954-10-29) (France)
* 8 April 1958 (1958-04-08) (USA)

Running time

| 113–185 minutes
Countries| France
Italy
Language| French
Box office| 4,344,414 admissions (France)[1]

The Red and the Black (French: Le rouge et le noir) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, based on the novel The Red and the Black by Stendhal.[2] The film starred Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi and Danielle Darrieux, and won the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics award for the best film of 1955 and the Grand Prix de l'Académie du Cinéma the same year.

It was shot the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.

Shown in various versions, the film's length is generally given as 113 minutes. In Canada it was 171 minutes; a longer version in France was 185 minutes（or 194 minutes in 2 parts and at its New York opening it was 137 minutes.

## Cast

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* Gérard Philipe as Julien Sorel
* Danielle Darrieux as Madame de Rénal
* Antonella Lualdi as Mathilde de la Mole
* Jean Mercure as Marchese de la Môle
* Jean Martinelli as Monsieur de Rénal
* Antoine Balpêtré as Abate Pirard
* Anna Maria Sandri as Elisa
* Mirko Ellis as Norbert de la Môle
* Pierre Jourdan as Comte Altamira
* Jean Mercure as Marquis de La Mole
* Alexandre Rignault as Le père Sorel
* Gérard Séty as Le lieutenant Liéven
* Jacques Varennes as Le président du tribunal
* Claude Sylvain as Amanda Binet

## References

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1. ^ "Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films". Box Office Story.
2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.

## External links

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* Le rouge et le noir at IMDb
* Le Rouge et le Noir at AllMovie
* Le Rouge et le noir at Filmsdefrance.com
* Le ROUGE ET LE NOIR at the British Film Institute[better source needed]

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Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara

* Ciboulette (1933)
* The Gutter (1938)
* Fric-Frac (1939)
* Chiffon's Wedding (1942)
* Love Letters (1942)
* Love Story (1943)
* Sylvie and the Ghost (1946)
* Devil in the Flesh (1947)
* Keep an Eye on Amelia (1949)
* The Red Inn (1951)
* "Pride" in The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
* Good Lord Without Confession (1953)
* Le Blé en herbe (1954)
* The Red and the Black (1954)
* Marguerite de la nuit (1955)
* La Famille Anodin (1956)
* La Traversée de Paris (1956)
* Love Is My Profession (1958)
* The Gambler (1958)
* The Green Mare (1959)
* The Regattas of San Francisco (1960)
* Between Love and Duty (1960)
* Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961)
* Thou Shalt Not Kill (1961)
* The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
* Enough Rope (1963)
* Josefa's Loot (1963)
* "La Bestiole" in Black Humor (1965)
* A Woman in White (1965)
* A Woman in White Revolts (1966)
* "Paris Today" in The Oldest Profession (1967)
* Franciscan of Bourges (1968)
* Les Patates (1969)
* Gloria (1977)

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Stendhal's The Red and the Black (1830)

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* The Secret Courier (1928)
* The Courier of the King (1947)
* The Red and the Black (1954)

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* Scarlet and Black

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