An Invitation to the Hunt (1974)
Claude Chabrol film for TV based on the short story An Invitation to the Hunt by Georges Hitchcock. Receiving an unexpected invitation to participate in the annual hunt party given by the local marquis, a common man deludes himself into thinking he’s a valued member of society, gets in debt to live up to his own fantasies, puts on airs, and invents a perfectly untrue—but, to his mind, fitting—past for a man of his new station. Then the cruel game starts.
Director: Claude Chabrol
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Michèle Alexandre as Mrs. Bigeard |
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Henri Attal as Hubert |
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Simone Comode as Catherine |
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Francis Lax as Monitor |
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Jean Martin as Marquis of La Rocherie |
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Friedrich von Ledebur as Prince Von Ehrenberg |
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Margarethe von Trotta as Paulette |
| Directing | Claude Chabrol | Director |
| Writing | Paul Gégauff | Writer |
| Writing | Georges Hitchcock | Story |
| Sound | Pierre Jansen | Music |