The Visit (1964 film)

The Visit
Original U.S. film poster
Directed byBernhard Wicki
Written byBen Barzman
Maurice Valency
Based onThe Visit
by Friedrich Durrenmatt
Produced byJulien Derode
Anthony Quinn
StarringIngrid Bergman
Anthony Quinn
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Edited bySamuel E. Beetley
Françoise Diot
Music byRichard Arnell
Hans-Martin Majewski
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • 6 May 1964 (1964-05-06) (Cannes)
  • 31 July 1964 (1964-07-31) (France)
  • 17 September 1964 (1964-09-17) (West Germany)
  • 4 October 1964 (1964-10-04) (U.S.)
Running time
100 minutes
Country
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million (US/ Canada)[3]

The Visit is a 1964 drama film directed by Bernhard Wicki, adapted by Ben Barzman and Maurice Valency from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 play of the same name. It stars Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, who also produced. Irina Demick, Paolo Stoppa, Hans Christian Blech, Romolo Valli, Valentina Cortese and Claude Dauphin play supporting roles.

An international co-production between American, French, West German and Italian companies, The Visit premiered at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. It was released in the United States on September 17, 1964, and received generally positive reviews.

  1. ^ "The Visit (1964)". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Der BESUCH (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on December 29, 2018. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  3. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.