Providence (1977)
Providence, Rhode Island. Hier lebt der gealterte Schriftsteller Clive Langham in einsiedlerischer Abgeschiedenheit in seinem großräumigen Anwesen, wo er in der Nacht vor seinem Geburtstag an einem neuen Werk arbeitet, derweil ihn übermäßiger Alkoholkonsum und Verstopfung plagen. Seine Söhne Claude und Kevin, seine Schwiegertocher und auch seine einst durch eigene Hand verstorbene Ehefrau lässt er in finsterer, leidvoller Nacht zu Gestalten einer phantastischen Werwolfs- & Seuchen-Geschichte geraten, in welcher die Sympathien klar verteilt sind: Claude ist ein zynischer, süffisant spöttelnder Anwalt, Kevin, der als Soldat einen alten, von der Metamorphose betroffenen Mann auf dessen Bitte hin erschossen hat, ist ein sensibler Idealist - und Claudes Partnerin fühlt sich alsbald zu Kevin hingezogen...
Der Regisseur:
Alain Resnais
Der Autor:
David Mercer
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Dirk Bogarde as Claude Langham |
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David Warner as Kevin Woodford |
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Ellen Burstyn as Sonia Langham |
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Cyril Luckham as Dr. Mark Eddington |
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John Gielgud as Clive Langham |
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Tanya Lopert as Miss Lister |
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Elaine Stritch as Helen Wiener |
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Denis Lawson as Dave Woodford |
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Kathryn Leigh Scott as Miss Boon |
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Milo Sperber as Jenner |
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Peter Arne as Nils |
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Anna Wing as Karen |
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Samson Fainsilber as Old Man |
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Joseph Pittoors as Old Man |
| Sound | Claude Plouganou | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Alain Resnais | Director |
| Camera | Ricardo Aronovich | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Albert Jurgenson | Editor |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Klaus Hellwig | Producer |
| Production | Yves Gasser | Producer |
| Production | Michel Fauré | Administration |
| Art | Roland Pichery | Property Master |
| Editing | Yann Darré | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Guy Maillet | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Alain Le Guern | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Bernard Journoux | Electrician |
| Sound | Daniel Couteau | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jean Schwarz | Sound Effects |
| Art | Jean-Claude Cabouret | Art Direction |
| Directing | Marie-Josée Guissart | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Daniel Pierre | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Bates | Costume Design |
| Writing | David Mercer | Dialogue |
| Production | Lise Fayolle | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yves Saint Laurent | Costume Design |
| Art | Jacques Saulnier | Production Design |
| Art | Charles Merangel | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Leterrier | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jean-Pierre Besnard | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Yves Peyrot | Producer |
| Camera | Philippe Brun | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Jacques Maumont | Sound |
| Writing | David Mercer | Screenplay |
| Production | Juergen Hellwig | Associate Producer |
| Production | Philippe Dussart | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Daniel Smague | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Michel Choquet | Production Manager |
| Production | Antoine Gannagé | Production Manager |
| Production | Roland Sabary | Production Director |
| Camera | Jacques Labesse | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victor Merinow | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Jürgen Vollmer | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Régine Havan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michel Trigon | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liselle Roos | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-Hélène Yastchenkoff | Makeup Artist |