La Sorcière (film)
Encyclopedia
La Sorcière is a 1956
drama film
directed by André Michel
based on a screenplay by Paul Andréota and Jacques Companéez. Adapted from the Alexander Kuprin novel Olesya. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival
it won the Silver Bear award for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution.
) is working in Sweden
where he meets a local girl named Ina.
1956 in film
The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by André Michel
André Michel
André Michel was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1947 and 1983. He is the father of novelist Natacha Michel who is also a political activist and militant...
based on a screenplay by Paul Andréota and Jacques Companéez. Adapted from the Alexander Kuprin novel Olesya. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival
6th Berlin International Film Festival
-Jury:* Marcel Carné* Bill Luckwell* Giuseppe Vittorio Sampieri* Koichi Kawakita* Leo J. Horster* Ilse Urbach* Ludwig Berger-Films in competition:* ...erwachsen sein dagegen sehr by Wolf Hart* Autumn Leaves by Robert Aldrich...
it won the Silver Bear award for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution.
Plot summary
A French civil engineer (Maurice RonetMaurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
) is working in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
where he meets a local girl named Ina.
Cast
- Marina VladyMarina VladyMarina Vlady is a French actress.She won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for The Conjugal Bed. From 1955 to 1959 she was married to actor/director Robert Hossein...
as Ina - Nicole CourcelNicole CourcelNicole Courcel is a French actress, who achieved popularity through the 1950s, and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born Nicole Marie-Anne Andrieux in Saint-Cloud, western suburbs of Paris, she appeared in 43 films between 1947 and 1979...
as Kristina Lundgren - Maurice RonetMaurice RonetMaurice Ronet was a French film actor, director and writer.-Biography:Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut in 1941, along side his parents, in Sacha...
as Laurent Brulard - Michel Etcheverry as Camoin
- Rune LindströmRune LindströmRune Lindström was a Swedish screenwriter and actor. He wrote for over 30 films between 1942 and 1971.-Selected filmography:* The Heavenly Play * For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth...
as Reverend Hermansson - Erik Hell as Pullinen
- Eric Hellström as Erik Lundgren
- Ulla Lagnell as Mrs. Hermansson
- Naima WifstrandNaima WifstrandNaima Wifstrand was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. Internationally, she was most notable for strong supporting parts in her later years in a number of Ingmar Bergman-films.-Biography:...
as Maila - Ulf PalmeUlf PalmeUlf Palme was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm, and died in Ingarö, Sweden.-Selected filmography:* Only a Mother * Prison * Girl with Hyacinths...
as Matti