Suffocatingly corrosive and misanthropic.
Le Corbeau
One of the Most Discussed Films in the History of French Cinema!
1943 · 1h 32m · Not Rated
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot
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Le Corbeau
Overview
Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.
Director and cast
- Henri-Georges Clouzot Director
- Pierre Fresnay as Le docteur Rémy Germain
- Ginette Leclerc as Denise Saillens
- Micheline Francey as Laura Vorzet
- Héléna Manson as Marie Corbin, l'infirmière
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La mercière
- Sylvie as La mère du cancéreux
- Liliane Maigné as Rolande Saillens
- Pierre Larquey as Michel Vorzet
- Noël Roquevert as Saillens, le directeur de l'école
- Bernard Lancret as Le substitut
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Polished, impersonal work, it puts forward little more than a spirit of free-floating misanthropy.
Clouzot, often called the French Hitchcock, is not just a master of suspense but is also most adroit at implicating his audience.
This expose of a malicious small town in France must be one of the most depressed films to emerge from the period of the German Occupation.
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