The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
Celestine, het kamermeisje, heeft een nieuwe baan op het platteland, bij de Lanlaires. Ze heeft besloten haar schoonheid te gebruiken om een rijke man te verleiden, maar meneer Lanlaire is geen juiste keuze: het huis wordt stevig gecontroleerd door Madame Lanlaire, geholpen door de vreemde bediende Joseph. Vervolgens probeert ze de buurman, voormalig officier Mauger. Dit lijkt te werken. Maar al snel komt de zoon van de Lanlaires terug. Hij is jong, aantrekkelijk en deelt de antirepublikeinse opvattingen van zijn moeder niet. Dus de schoonheid van Celestine trekt kapitein Mauger, de jonge Georges Lanlaire en Joseph aan. Drie mannen, uit drie verschillende sociale klassen, met drie verschillende levensopvattingen. Zal Celestine Georges kunnen overtuigen van haar oprechtheid?
Regiseur:
Jean Renoir
Schrijver:
Burgess Meredith
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Paulette Goddard as Célestine |
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Burgess Meredith as Captain Mauger |
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Hurd Hatfield as Georges Lanlaire |
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Francis Lederer as Joseph |
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Judith Anderson as Madame Lanlaire |
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Florence Bates as Rose |
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Irene Ryan as Louise |
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Reginald Owen as Captain Lanlaire |
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Almira Sessions as Marianne |
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Egon Brecher as The Postman (Uncredited) |
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Sumner Getchell as Pierre (Uncredited) |
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Ben Hall as Townsman (Uncredited) |
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Jack Perry as Townsman (Uncredited) |
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Joe Ploski as Townsman (Uncredited) |
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Harry Semels as Townsman (Uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean Renoir | Director |
| Writing | Burgess Meredith | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greta | Wardrobe Master |
| Editing | James Smith | Supervising Editor |
| Writing | Thielly Nores | Theatre Play |
| Sound | David Chudnow | Music Supervisor |
| Writing | André de Lorde | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Karinska | Costume Design |
| Production | Carley Harriman | Producer's Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Scotty Rackin | Hairstylist |
| Writing | André Heuzé | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hedy Mjorud | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Joseph Depew | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Michel Michelet | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | William H. Lynch | Sound |
| Crew | Lee Zavitz | Special Effects |
| Art | Julia Heron | Interior Designer |
| Sound | Lucien Cailliet | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otis Malcolm | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Eugène Lourié | Production Design |
| Art | Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Lucien N. Andriot | Director of Photography |
| Production | Benedict Bogeaus | Producer |
| Writing | Octave Mirbeau | Novel |
| Production | Burgess Meredith | Producer |
| Production | Paulette Goddard | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laure Lourié | Costume Design |