| Le Corbeau | |
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| Directed by | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Screenplay by | Louis Chavance Henri-Georges Clouzot[2] |
| Produced by | René Montis[2] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Hayer[2] |
| Music by | Tony Aubin[2] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Tobis |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | France[1] |
| Language | French[2] |
Le Corbeau (lit. 'The Raven') is a 1943 French film noir directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Micheline Francey and Pierre Larquey. The film is about a French town where a number of citizens receive anonymous letters containing libelous information, particularly targeting a doctor accused of providing abortion services. The mystery surrounding the letters eventually escalates into violence.
The film caused serious problems for its director after World War II as it had been produced by Continental Films, a German production company established near the beginning of the Occupation of France, and because the film had been perceived by the underground and the Communist press as vilifying the French people. Because of this, Clouzot was initially banned for life from directing in France, but after protests only until 1947. The film was suppressed until 1969.[3] It was remade as The 13th Letter (1951) by Otto Preminger.
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