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 |
| Sound | Michel Michelet | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hedy Mjorud | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Scotty Rackin | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Joseph Depew | Assistant Director |
| Art | Julia Heron | Interior Designer |
| Sound | William H. Lynch | Sound |
| Crew | Lee Zavitz | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greta | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Karinska | Costume Design |
| Editing | James Smith | Supervising Editor |
| Sound | David Chudnow | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Lucien Cailliet | Orchestrator |
| Production | Carley Harriman | Producer's Assistant |
| Writing | André Heuzé | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Thielly Nores | Theatre Play |
| Writing | André de Lorde | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Octave Mirbeau | Novel |
| Production | Benedict Bogeaus | Producer |
| Production | Burgess Meredith | Producer |
| Production | Paulette Goddard | Producer |
| Camera | Lucien N. Andriot | Director of Photography |
| Art | Eugène Lourié | Production Design |
| Art | Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laure Lourié | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otis Malcolm | Makeup Artist |