The Charterhouse of Parma (film)

The Charterhouse of Parma
Directed byChristian-Jaque
Written byPierre Jarry
Christian-Jaque
Based onThe Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Produced byFranco Magli
Fred Orain
André Paulvé
StarringRenée Faure
Gérard Philipe
CinematographyAnchise Brizzi
Romolo Garroni
Nicolas Hayer
G.R. Aldo
Edited byJacques Desagneaux
Giulia Fontana
Music byRenzo Rossellini
Production
companies
Les Films André Paulvé
Scalera Film
Excelsa Film
Distributed byDisCina
San Paolo Films
Release dates
  • 21 February 1948 (1948-02-21)
(Italy)
  • 21 May 1948 (1948-05-21)
(France)
Running time
166 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguagesFrench
Italian
Box office6,151,922 admissions (France)
₤166 million (Italy)

The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme, Italian: La Certosa di Parma) is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Renée Faure, Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès. It is based on the 1839 novel of the same name by Stendhal. The film's sets were created by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Ottavio Scotti and the costumes were designed by Georges Annenkov. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome while location shooting took place in Italy around Milan and Lake Como.

It entered the competition at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival, being awarded for best cinematography. It was the most popular French film at the French box office in 1948. In Italy it earned around 166 million lira on its release.

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