Directed by:
Henri-Georges ClouzotCinematography:
Nicolas HayerComposer:
Tony AubinCast:
Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey, Héléna Manson, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Pierre Larquey, Noël Roquevert, Pierre Bertin, Louis Seigner, Sylvie (more)VOD (1)
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A veritable masterpiece of French cinema, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Le Corbeau is a dark and subversive study of human nature starring Pierre Fresnay and Ginette Leclerc. A wave of hysteria sweeps the small provincial town of St. Robin when a series of poison-pen letters signed "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) appear, denouncing several prominent members of society. Starting with the village doctor, the slow trickle of sinister letters soon becomes a flood and no one is safe from their mysterious accusations. Condemned by the political left and right and the church upon its release in 1943, Clouzot was banned from filmmaking for two years after making the film. This Classic noir is essential viewing from the director often dubbed the "French Hitchcock". (StudioCanal UK)
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Pierre Fresnay
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Ginette Leclerc
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
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The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Micheline Francey
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
Héléna Manson
Venezuela
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Les Misérables (1982)
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Pierre Larquey
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The President (1961)
Noël Roquevert
France
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Marie-October (1959)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Pierre Bertin
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Louis Seigner
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1982)
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The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Sylvie
France
Best movies:
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
L'Idiot (1946)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Lucienne Bogaert
France
Best movies:
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Le Corbeau (1943)
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Bernard Lancret
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
That Naughty Girl (1956)
Mayerling (1936)
Nicole Chollet
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
The Discord (1978)
Bay of Angels (1963)
Paul Barge
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Casque d'Or (1952)
Antoine Balpêtré
France
Best movies:
The President (1961)
Le Corbeau (1943)
The Red and the Black (1954)
Liliane Maigné
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
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Palmyre Levasseur
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
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Jean Brochard
France
Best movies:
Way of Youth (1959)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
The Spies (1957)
Roger Blin
France
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Orpheus (1950)
Pierre Palau
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Le Corbeau (1943)