The Crucible (1957 film)
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| The Crucible | |
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 Video cover for 1995 release |
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| Directed by | Raymond Rouleau |
| Produced by | Raymond Borderie |
| Written by | Arthur Miller (play) Jean-Paul Sartre (screenplay) |
| Starring | Simone Signoret Yves Montand Mylène Demongeot Jean Debucourt Pierre Larquey |
| Music by | Georges Auric Hanns Eisler |
| Cinematography | Claude Renoir |
| Editing by | Marguerite Renoir |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma Kingsley-International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | France 26 April 1957 East Germany 4 October 1957 Japan 14 October 1958 USA 8 December 1958 Sweden 31 March 1959 Finland 27 January 1961 |
| Running time | 145 min |
| Country |  France East Germany |
| Language | French |
The Crucible (French: Les Sorcières de Salem) is a 1957 joint Franco-East German film production directed by Raymond Rouleau with a screenplay adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre from the 1953 play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Miller's play is an allegory of McCarthyism inspired by Miller's blacklisting over allegations he was pro-Communist.
The film was directed by Raymond Rouleaustars, with stars, Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Mylène Demongeot, Jean Debucourt.
Senator McCarthy died one year following the release. An English language film adaptation was not released until 1996. This version is long out of print, extremely expensive, and exceptionally difficult to find.
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