The Adultress
Brief Synopsis
Therese has a boring life. She married Camille, her cousin, a sickly haberdasher, fully dominated by his mother (who lives with them). She dreams about passion. One day comes a truckdriver, Laurent... and of course they fall in love. But they will be pursued by fate.
Cast & Crew
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Marcel Carnt
Director
Roland Lesaffre
Marcel Andre
Sylvie
Jacques Duby
Bernardi
Film Details
Also Known As
Adulteress, The, Therese Raquin
Genre
Crime
Drama
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
1959
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 42m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Synopsis
A housewife gets fed up with her whimpy husband and conspires to kill him with the help of a brutal truckdriver with whom she's begun an affair.
Director
Marcel Carnt
Director
Cast
Roland Lesaffre
Marcel Andre
Sylvie
Jacques Duby
Bernardi
Simone Signoret
Anna-marie Cassilio
Raf Vallone
Crew
Paul Bertrand
Set Decorator
Marcel Carnt
Screenplay
Marcel Carnt
Writer (Dialogue)
Adolphe Charlet
Camera Operator
Max Dulac
Camera Operator
L Goulian
Production
J Guissard
Camera Operator
Raymond Hakim
Executive Producer
Robert Hakim
Executive Producer
Roger Hubert
Director Of Photography
Boris Karabanoff
Makeup
Henry Rust
Editor
Charles Spaak
Screenplay
Maurice Thiriet
Music
Herman G. Weinberg
Titles
S Wnapp
Hair
Emile Zola
Source Material (From Novel)
Film Details
Also Known As
Adulteress, The, Therese Raquin
Genre
Crime
Drama
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
1959
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 42m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Silver Prize at the 1953 Venice Film Festival.
Released in United States 1953
Released in United States October 1953
Shown at the Venice Film Festival October 1953.
Released in United States 1953
Released in United States October 1953 (Shown at the Venice Film Festival October 1953.)
