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The Crucible

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Original title

Les sorcières de Salem

Year

1957

Running time

145 min.

Country

France

Director

Raymond Rouleau

Screenwriter

Marcel Aymé, Jean-Paul Sartre. Play: Arthur Miller

Cast

Music

Georges Auric, Hanns Eisler

Cinematography

Claude Renoir

Producer

Co-production France-Germany - East Germany (GDR);

Genre

Drama | Historical. 17th Century. Witchcraft

Movie Groups

Arthur Miller Adaptations

Synopsis

Salem, 1692. Industrious farmer, John Proctor, has twice made love to 17-year-old Abigail, a youth he and his wife have taken in. (His wife Elisabeth has rebuffed him for seven months; she is puritanical and cold.) When she finds John and Abigail embracing, she sends the lass from her home and John, feeling damned, agrees. Abigail vows revenge. Her chance comes when she accuses Elisabeth of witchcraft and manipulates younger girls to support her claims of seeing spirits. The town's minister and politicians want a cause: ridding the town of witchcraft is the ideal repression. John too, is accused; Abigail offers him a way to avoid hanging. Elisabeth has her own confession.

Awards: 1957: BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actress (Signoret). Nominated for Most Promising Newcomer to Film

1957: Karlovy Vary Internacional Film Festival: Best Actor (Montand) & Actress (Demongeot and Signoret)

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The Crucible

1957

Raymond Rouleau

7.1

(56)