Manon (film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Manon

Directed by	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Written by	Henri-Georges Clouzot Jean Ferry
Starring	Cécile Aubry Michel Auclair
Release date(s)	March 9, 1949 (1949-03-09) (France) 25 September 1950 (USA)
Running time	100 mins
Country	France
Language	French

Manon (French pronunciation: [manɔ̃]) is a 1949 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It is an adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator.

[edit] Cast

v t e Cinema of France

Actors Directors Cinematographers Editors Films A-Z Producers Score composers Screenwriters Film festivals

	Films by year: 1892–1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

v t e Films directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot

Feature films	Caprice de Princesse (1933) Tout pour l'amour (1933) The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942) Le Corbeau (1943) Quai des orfèvres (1947) Manon (1948) Miquette et sa mère (1949) Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear) (1952) Les Diaboliques (1954) Les Espions (1957) La Vérité (The Truth) (1960) Grands chefs d'orchestre (1966) La Prisonnière (1968)

Short films	La Terreur des Batignolles (1931) Retour à la vie (1949, segment "Le Retour de Jean")

Documentaries	Le Mystère Picasso (1956) Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem (1967)

Unfinished films	Le Voyage en Brésil (1950) L'Enfer (1964)

v t e Golden Lion-winning films (1949–1969)

Manon (1949) Justice Is Done (1950) Rashomon (1951) Forbidden Games (1952) No award (1953) Romeo and Juliet (1954) Ordet (1955) No award (1956) Aparajito (1957) Rickshaw Man (1958) General della Rovere / The Great War (1959) Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960) Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Family Diary / Ivan's Childhood (1962) Hands Over the City (1963) Red Desert (1964) Sandra (1965) The Battle of Algiers (1966) Belle de Jour (1967) Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) No award (1969)

Complete List (1949–1969) (1970–1989) (1990–2009) (2010–2029)

This article related to a French film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.