The Seven Deadly Sins (French: Les Sept Péchés capitaux) is a 1952 French/Italian co-production motion picture drama.[2] The film stars Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Viviane Romance,[3] Maurice Ronet, Louis de Funès, Isa Miranda, Henri Vidal and Gérard Philipe.[4] It has seven separate sections: ("Pride/L'Orgueil", "Lust/La Luxure", "Sloth/La Paresse", "Envy/L'Envie", "Avarice and Anger/L'Avarice et la colère", "Gluttony/La Gourmandise", "The Eighth Sin/Le Huitième péché") with five episodes from France, and two episodes from Italy.[5]
| The Seven Deadly Sins | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Eduardo De Filippo Jean Dréville Yves Allégret Carlo Rim Roberto Rossellini Claude Autant-Lara Georges Lacombe |
| Written by | Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost |
| Starring | Michèle Morgan Françoise Rosay |
| Cinematography | André Bac Roger Hubert Robert Lefebvre Jacques Natteau Giovanni Pucci Enzo Serafin André Thomas |
| Music by | Yves Baudrier René Cloërec |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | France / Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,396,014 admissions (France)[1] |
Director
edit- Claude Autant-Lara (segment "Pride")
- Yves Allégret (segment "Lust")
- Jean Dréville (segment "Sloth")
- Roberto Rossellini (segment "Envy")[2]
- Eduardo De Filippo (segment "Avarice and Anger")
- Carlo Rim (segment "Gluttony")
- Georges Lacombe (segment "The Eighth Sin")
Writer
edit- Diego Fabbri
- Liana Ferri
- Léo Joannon
- Turi Vasile
- René Wheeler
- Claude Autant-Lara (segment "Pride")[6]
- Jean Aurenche (segments "Pride", "Lust", "The Eighth Sin")[6]
- Pierre Bost (segments "Pride", "Lust", "The Eighth Sin")[6]
- Daniel Boulanger (segment "Gluttony")[6]
- Carlo Rim (segments "Sloth", "Gluttony")
- Roberto Rossellini (segment "Envy")
- Charles Spaak (segment "Avarice and Anger")[6]
References
edit- ^ "Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films". Box Office Story.
- ^ a b Forgacs, David; Lutton, Sarah; Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey (2019-07-25). Roberto Rossellini: Magician of the Real. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-83871-782-7.
- ^ Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009-09-02). The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3.
- ^ Durant, Philippe (2022-11-23). Gérard Philipe (in French). Nouveau Monde Editions. p. 219. ISBN 978-2-38094-341-2.
- ^ Godin, Christian (2018-04-06). Ce que sont devenus les péchés capitaux (in French). Editions du Cerf. p. 28. ISBN 978-2-204-12525-3.
- ^ a b c d e Monaco, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books. pp. 29–30, 71, 464. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7.29-30, 71, 464&rft.pub=Perigee Books&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-399-51604-7&rft.aulast=Monaco&rft.aufirst=James&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqcYAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:The Seven Deadly Sins (1952 film)" class="Z3988">
External links
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