The Charterhouse of Parma (film)

The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma
Directed by	Christian-Jaque
Written by	Pierre Jarry; Christian-Jaque
Based on	The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Produced by	Franco Magli; Fred Orain; André Paulvé
Starring	Renée Faure; Gérard Philipe
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi; Romolo Garroni; Nicolas Hayer; G.R. Aldo
Edited by	Jacques Desagneaux; Giulia Fontana
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production; companies	Les Films André Paulvé; Scalera Film; Excelsa Film
Distributed by	DisCina; San Paolo Films
Release dates	21 February 1948; (Italy); 21 May 1948; (France)
Running time	166 minutes
Countries	France; Italy
Languages	French; Italian
Box office	6,151,922 admissions (France); ₤166 million (Italy)

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.^[2]

It entered the competition at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival, being awarded for best cinematography.^[3] It was the most popular French film at the French box office in 1948.^[4] In Italy it earned around 166 million lira on its release.^[5]

Cast

Renée Faure as Clélia Conti
Gérard Philipe as Fabrice del Dongo
Maria Casarès as Duchess Gina de San Severina
Louis Salou as Prince Ernest IV
Louis Seigner as Grillo
Tullio Carminati as Count Mosca
Lucien Coëdel as Rassi
Enrico Glori as Gilletti
Aldo Silvani as General Conti
Tina Lattanzi as Maria Luisa di Borbone-Parma
Attilio Dottesio as Ferrante Palla
Claudio Gora as Crescenzi
Nerio Bernardi as Fausta's Husband

References

^ "Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films". Box Office Story.
^ Moliterno p.3
^ Andrea LeVasseur. "The Charterhouse of Parma". MTV. Archived from the original on January 28, 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
^ "French Box Office in 1948". Box Office Story.
^ Chiti & Poppi p.94

Bibliography

Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.
Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.