Sortilèges (1945)

Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 1945
Running Times: 100 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Moulin D'Or
Production Manager: Michel Manégat

SCRIPT
Adaptation: Christian-Jaque, Jacques Prévert
Dialogue: Jacques Prévert
Novel: Horseman of Riouclare by Claude Boncompain

DIRECTION
Directed by: Christian-Jaque
Assistant Director: René Delacroix

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Louis Page

MUSIC
Music: Henri Verdun

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Robert Gys
Set Decorator: Emile Alex

CAST
Lucien Coëdel (Jean-Baptiste)
Fernand Ledoux (Fabret)
Renée Faure (Catherine Fabret)
Madeleine Robinson (Marthe)
Roger Pigaut (Pierre)
Georges Tourreil (brigadier)
Pierre Labry (village idiot)
Jacques Butin
Léonce Corne (shoemaker)
Léon Larive
Marcel Pérès
Michel Piccoli (villager)
Sinoël (grandmother)

AVAILABILITY

France
Theatrical Distributors: DisCina

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Mage Films

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-16

TIMELINE

1945
December
5: France - theatrical release

1947
April
5: USA - theatrical release

October
17: Austria - theatrical release

1948
February
9: Sweden - theatrical release

April
23: Finland - theatrical release

1949
February
14: Japan - theatrical release

1950
January
17: West Germany - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Bellman
Das Geheimnis der Berghütte - Austrian / German title
Noituutta - Finnish title
Silenziosa minaccia - Italian title
Trollmakt - Swedish title

KEYWORDS

book into film, horror

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009