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Bookmark this pageLa Chartreuse de Parme (1947)
Director: Christian-Jaque
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From Time Out Film Guide
Fabrizio, Stendhal's hero, contrives to be present at the Battle of Waterloo without really seeing it, which is much the same as Christian-Jaque blithely turning a great novel into a routine swashbuckling vehicle for his willowy leading man. It demonstrates to what degree French cinéma de qualité was rather a matter of 'quantity', demanding a complacent accumulation of production values in lieu of the slightest vision or intelligence.Author: GAd
Cast & crew
Director: Christian-Jaque
Cast: Gérard Philipe, Louis Salou, Renée Faure, Maria Casarès, Louis Seigner, Tullio Carminati full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 170 mins
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