Thérèse Raquin (1953)

Director:

Marcel Carné

Writers:

Émile Zola (novel) &
Marcel Carné (adaptation) ...
(más)

Release Date:

6 noviembre 1953 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A truckdriver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmail.

Plot Keywords:

Missing Person Report | Infidelity | Paris | France | Nagging Mother

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Don't throw this one off the train.

Cast

Simone Signoret	...	Thérèse Raquin
Raf Vallone	...	Laurent
Jacques Duby	...	Camille Raquin
Maria-Pia Casilio	...	Georgette, la bonne (as Maria Pia Casilio)
Marcel André	...	Michaud
Martial Rèbe	...	Grivet (as Martial Rebe)
Paul Frankeur	...	Le contrôleur
Alain Terrane	...	Un camioneur
Bernard Véron	...	Le postier
Jean Sylvère		(as Jean Sylvere)
Francette Vernillat	...	Françoise, la bossue
Lucien Hubert	...	Le chef de gare de Dijon
Jacques Hilling		(as Jacques Hiling)
Jean Rozenberg
Madeleine Barbulée	...	Madame Noblet, une cliente (as Madeleine Barbulé)
Danielle Dumont		(as Danièle Dumont)
Nerio Bernardi	...	Le médecin
Roland Lesaffre	...	Riton, le matelot maître-chanteur
Sylvie	...	Madame Raquin
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Jean-Jacques Lécot	...	(uncredited)
Claude Naudès	...	(uncredited)
Chantal Retz	...	(uncredited)

Dirigida por
Marcel Carné

Créditos del guión
Émile Zola		novel &
Marcel Carné		adaptation &
Charles Spaak		adaptation &
Charles Spaak		dialogue

Producida por
Raymond Hakim	....	producer
Robert Hakim	....	producer

Música original por
Maurice Thiriet

Fotografía por
Roger Hubert

Montaje por
Marthe Gottie		(as Marthe Gottié)
Suzanne Rondeau
Henri Rust

Diseño de producción por
Paul Bertrand

Decorados
Roger Volper

Diseño de vestuario por
Mayo

Dirección de producción
Ludmilla Goulian	....	production manager
Paul Laffargue	....	unit manager
Tonio Suné	....	unit manager (as Tonio Sune)

Ayudante de dirección
C. Lombardini	....	assistant director
Jean Valère	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Antoine Archimbaud	....	sound (as A. Archimbaud)

Camera and Electrical Department
Adolphe Charlet	....	camera operator
Henri Thibault	....	still photographer (as H. Thibault)

Music Department
Pierre-Michel Le Conte	....	conductor

Production Companies

• Paris Film Productions
• Lux Film

Distributors

• Lux Film (1953) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Times Film Corporation (1958) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Kino Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire  orchestra
• Éditions Continental  musical edition

También conocida como:

Teresa Raquin (Italy)
The Adultress (USA)
Teresa Raquin (Spain) [es]

Duración:

102 min | Canada:105 min

País:

France | Italy

Idioma:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System PM51)

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 (f)

Company:

Paris Film Productions

Trivialidades:

Raf Vallone refused to be dubbed in the French version and had his contract amended accordingly. The scenario was also slightly changed to "Italianize" the character of Laurent.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mala educación, La (2004)

Don't throw this one off the train.

I'll have to disagree with some of the more negative comments about this film. Marcel Carne has succeeded beautifully in capturing the mood and major themes of Zola's novel in THERESE RAQUIN. It's nice to see a film from the period dealing with common working class people caught up in the turmoil of love and everyday life. The main romantic leads initially seem a little mismatched but by film's end the ice has more than melted between them. How many times have we seen the female lead fall too quickly for her suitor. Here it takes its sweet time and plays the better for it. Signoret's titular character seems almost a bit too stoic but considering her numbingly bland and lenghty marital situation, it may well be authentic. As many women are in reality, Therese is fiercely loyal to her husband, whether he deserves it or not. The ruggedly handsome Raf Vallone is ideally cast as the trucker who steals her attention and makes a good contrast to her dishrag of a husband. A blackmailing sailor who appears in the middle of the film before making a menacing reappearance near the end is very effectively played by Rolland leSaffre. He is as creepy as Robert Mitchum in CAPE FEAR. Do seek this one out and enjoy the ride!