Le Rouge et le Noir (1954)

Directed by

Claude Autant-Lara

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from a poor background uses his intelligence and charm to climb the social ladder in 19th century France. He gets involved in romantic affairs with two women, which leads to conflict and tragedy.

dramaticintenseromanticambitioushistoricalmelancholicslow-burncerebral

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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