Witches of Salem (film)
See also: Salem
the Witches of Salem is a Franco-German film carried out by Raymond Rouleau in 1956 and left in 1957. He reports the lawsuit in sorcery which take place in this town of New England in 1692.
Synopsis
At the XVIIe century, in the small village of Salem in the Massachusetts, to be avenged for its mistress Elisabeth Proctor who returned it because of the hybrid relation that it had with her husband, the Abigail maidservant delivers itself to sorcery. Stopped, she claims to be a victim and the court of justice formed on this occasion then will send to the bracket all the denounced people as witch by the young girls that Abigail had time to put in its capacity…
Data sheet
- Title: Witches of Salem (Die Hexen von Salem)
- Realization: Raymond Roller
- Scenario: Jean-Paul Sartre, adapted part of Arthur Miller
- Dialogist: Jean-Paul Sartre
- Assistants realizer: Gerard Renateau, Paul Nuyttens, Ruth Fischer
- Music: Georges Auric
- Director of the photography: Claude Renoir, Louis Stein
- Sound engineer: Antoine Petitjean
- Decorator: Rene Moulaert
- Costumes: Lila De Nobili, Lydia Fiege
- Make-up: Alex Archambault, Bernhard Katisch
- Assembler: Marguerite Renoir
- Producing: Raymond Borderie
- Directing of production: Charles Borderie, Robert Bossis, Richard Brandt
- Production company: Borderie films, CICC (Industrial and Commercial Company Cinematographic), Pathé Cinema, DEFA (Deutsche Aktiengesellschaft Film, Berlin)
- Country of origin: France, Germany
- Language of turning: French
- Format: Black and white - 1:33.1 - Monophonic - 35mm
- Kind: Drama, historical film
- Lasted: 145 minutes
- Coming out date: April 26th 1957
Distribution
- Simone Signoret : Elisabeth Proctor
- Yves Montand: John Proctor
- Mylène Demongeot: Abigail Williams
- Alfred Adam: Thomas Putnam
- Raymond Roller: Danforth
- Pierre Larquey: Francis Children's nurse
- Jean Debucourt: Reverend Paris
- Jean Gaven: Peter Corey
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir: Martha Corey
- Francoise Lugagne: Jane Putnam
- Marguerite Coutan-Lambert: Rebecca Children's nurse
- Aribert Grimmer: Gilles Corey (credited under “A. Grimmer”)
- Pascale Small: Mary Warren
- Yves Brainville: Haul
- Michel Piccoli: James Putnam
- Alexandre Rignault: Willard
- Darling Legitimus : Mary Warren
- Gerard Darrieu: Ezchiel Cheever
- François Joux: A judge
- Chantal Gozzi: Fancy
- Brigitte Barbier: Mercy Lewis
- Christian Férez
- Ursula Korbs
- Jean Tinder
- Jean Riveyre
- François Darbon
- Christian Lude
- Lucien Guervil
Around film
- Price of the best female role to the International festival of film of Karlovy Vary 1957 with Mylène Demongeot for its composition of the character of Abigail.
External bonds
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Card IMDB of the film
- Card Allociné
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