Nuits Rouges
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| Directed by | Georges Franju |
| Screenplay by | Jacques Champreaux[2] |
| Produced by | Raymond Froment[2] |
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| Cinematography | Guido Renzo Bertoni[2] |
| Edited by | Gilbert Natot[2] |
| Music by | Georges Franju |
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| Distributed by | Planfilm[3] |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
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| Language | French[4] |
Nuits Rouges is a 1974 French-Italian crime and thriller film directed by Georges Franju. The film was released in the U.S. in an English-dubbed version by New Line Cinema under the title Shadowman in 1975.
Cast
- Gayle Hunnicutt as La femme
- Jacques Champreux as L'homme sans visage
- Josephine Chaplin as Martine Leduc
- Ugo Pagliai as Paul de Borrego
- Gert Froebe as Le commissaire Sorbier
Production
Nuits Rouges was filmed in 1973.[5] The film is a 100-minute theatrical version of a film originally commissioned for television.[5] The budget for the film was so modest that Franju had to film all interiors of the film on a studio set.[6]
Release
Nuits Rouges was released on November 20, 1974, in France.[7]
Reception
Nuits Rouges received mixed and even mocking reviews from French critics on its release.[8] Nuits Rouges was released on DVD in the United Kingdom as part of Eureka's Masters of Cinema series along with another film by Georges Franju, Judex (1963) in 2008.[9]
Notes
- ^ "Nuits Rouges". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Credits". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Nuits rouges (1973) Georges Franju". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Release". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ a b Ince, 2005. p. 58
- ^ Ince, 2005. p.59
- ^ Erlewine, Iotis. "Nuits Rouges". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ Ince, 2005. p.60-61
- ^ "Nuits rouges". Eureka Video. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
References
- Ince, Kate (2005). Georges Franju. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-6828-2.
External links
- Nuits Rouges at IMDb
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