The Stranger
Cast & Crew
Luchino Visconti
Marcello Mastroianni
Anna Karina
Bernard Blier
Georges Wilson
Bruno Crémer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In pre-World War II Algiers, Arthur Meursault, a French clerk, learns of his mother's death; he attends the funeral but feels removed from grief, conscious only of the blinding sun. Upon returning to Algiers after the burial, he resumes the drab ritual of his daily life. He meets and spends the day with Marie Cardona; he testifies for a procurer, Raymond, who has been arrested for beating a young Arab girl; and he spends a weekend with Marie, Raymond, and a married couple. None of these relationships impinge on Meursault's solitude or his devotion to simple pleasures. One day he sets out for a walk alone on the beach and is startled by the Arab girl's brother, who earlier that day stabbed Raymond. Gradually Meursault becomes hypnotized by the sun's rays and fires five bullets into the boy. Brought to trial, Meursault slowly realizes that his refusal to indulge in social hypocrisy has condemned him, and he is sentenced to be guillotined. Back in his cell, Meursault rejects the consoling last words of a priest and accepts the inevitability of death.
Director
Luchino Visconti
Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
Anna Karina
Bernard Blier
Georges Wilson
Bruno Crémer
Pierre Bertin
Jacques Herlin
Marc Laurent
Georges Géret
Alfred Adam
Jean-pierre Zola
Mimmo Palmara
Angela Luce
Saada Cheritel
Mohamed Ralem
Brahim Hadjadj
Vittorio Duse
Joseph Maréchal
Jacques Monod
Valentino Macchi
Paolo Herzl
Crew
Giuseppe Banchelli
Mario Banchelli
Suso Cecchi D'amico
Albino Cocco
Georges Conchon
Salvatore Cotroneo
Dino De Laurentiis
Mario Garbuglia
Mario Lupi
Ruggero Mastroianni
Bruno Nicolai
Pietro Notarianni
Piero Piccioni
Rinaldo Ricci
Emmanuel Robles
Giuseppe Rotunno
Piero Tosi
Vittorio Trentino
Luchino Visconti
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in and around Algiers. Opened in Rome in October 1967 as Lo straniero; in Paris in October 1967 as L'étranger; running time: 100 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
The Country of France
Released in United States 1967
In 1938, a Frenchman, living in Algeria, ponders the philosophy of life while awaiting execution for a random murder he has committed.
Released in United States 1967
