''La Sorcière'' (, Swedish title: ) is a 1956
drama
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horror film
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directed by
André Michel based on a screenplay by
Paul Andréota
Paul Andréota (11 December 1917 – 14 November 2007) was a French novelist and screenwriter. He was also known under the pen name Paul Vance.
Biography
Paul Andréota was born in La Rochelle in the present-ay Charente-Maritime departmen ...
and
Jacques Companéez. Adapted from the 1898
Alexander Kuprin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (; – 25 August 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels ''The Duel'' (1905)Kuprin scholar Nicholas Luker, in his biography ''Alexander Kuprin'', calls ''The Duel'' his "greatest masterpiece" (ch ...
novel ''
Olesya''.
Plot summary
A French civil engineer Laurent Brulard is involved in road construction in a remote corner of
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
There he meets a local girl named Ina whom locals consider to be a witch. A considerable element of the drama is the
love triangle
A love triangle is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person, or in which one person in a romantic relationship with someone is simultaneo ...
that involves Laurent's landlady Kristina.
Cast
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Marina Vlady
Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress.
Biography
Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the a ...
as Ina
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Nicole Courcel
Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in ...
as Kristina Lundgren
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Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet (; 13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer.
Early life
Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile ...
as Laurent Brulard
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Michel Etcheverry as Camoin
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Rune Lindström as Reverend Hermansson
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Erik Hell
Erik Hell (11 August 1911 – 11 March 1973) was a Swedish actor. Hell was born in Kalliokoski, Finland, to a Norwegian father and a Finnish mother. He moved to Sweden with his family in 1918 during the Finnish Civil War. He married the actre ...
as Pullinen
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Eric Hellström as Erik Lundgren
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Ulla Lagnell as Mrs. Hermansson
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Naima Wifstrand as Maila
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Ulf Palme
Ulf Henrik Palme (18 October 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm and died in Ingarö.
Partial filmography
* '' Black Roses'' (1945) - Gunnar Bergström
* '' The Serious Game'' (1945) - Ture Törne
* ''M ...
as Matti
Awards
At the
6th Berlin International Film Festival
The 6th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1956. The FIAPF granted the festival the "A status" during this year, which was previously only reserved for Cannes and Venice. The awards for the first time, w ...
it won the
Silver Bear
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award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.
See also
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''Olesya'' (1971 film)
References
External links
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1956 films
1950s drama films
1950s horror films
Films directed by André Michel
Films set in Sweden
Adaptations of works by Aleksandr Kuprin
Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution
Films scored by Norbert Glanzberg
1950s French films
1950s French-language films
French drama films
French horror films
French black-and-white films
1950s Swedish films
1950s Swedish-language films
Swedish fantasy films
Swedish black-and-white films
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