The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)

Original title

La Chartreuse de Parme

Directed by

Christian-Jaque

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 50m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Italian nobleman falls in love with a married woman in 19th century Italy. He gets caught up in political intrigue and romantic entanglements at a royal court.

romanticdramatichistoricaltragicpassionateslow-pacedtheatrical

What happens

The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme, Italian: La Certosa di Parma) is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Renée Faure, Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès. It is based on the 1839 novel of the same name by Stendhal. The film's sets were created by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Ottavio Scotti and the costumes were designed by Georges Annenkov. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome while location shooting took place in Italy around Milan and Lake Como. It entered the competition at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival, being awarded for best cinematography. It was the most popular French film at the French box office in 1948. In Italy it earned around 166 million lira on its release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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