Forbidden Games

Forbidden Games
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRené Clément
Written byJean Aurenche
Pierre Bost
Based onLes Jeux Interdits
by François Boyer
Produced byRobert Dorfmann
StarringGeorges Poujouly
Brigitte Fossey
Amédée
CinematographyRobert Juillard
Edited byRoger Dwyre
Music byRobert de Visée and anon, music performed by Narciso Yepes
Production
companies
Distributed byLes Films Corona
Loew´s (USA)
Release dates
  • 9 May 1952 (1952-05-09) (France)[1]
  • 8 December 1952 (1952-12-08) (USA)[2]
Running time
86 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$36.8 million[3]

Forbidden Games (French: Jeux Interdits) is a 1952 French war drama film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel Les Jeux Interdits.

While not initially successful in France, the film was a hit elsewhere. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, a Special Award as Best Foreign Language Film in the United States, and a Best Film from any Source at the British Academy Film Awards.

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