The Diary of a Chambermaid | |
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Directed by | Jean Renoir |
Screenplay by | Burgess Meredith |
Based on | the novel by Octave Mirbeau and the play by André Heuse, André de Lorde, and Thielly Nores |
Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus Burgess Meredith Paulette Goddard (uncredited) |
Starring | Paulette Goddard Burgess Meredith Hurd Hatfield Francis Lederer |
Cinematography | Lucien Andriot |
Edited by | James Smith |
Music by | Michel Michelet |
Production company | Benedict Bogeaus Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Diary of a Chambermaid is a 1946 American drama film about a newly hired servant who severely disrupts a wealthy family. The film was based on the 1900 novel of the same name by Octave Mirbeau and the play Le journal d'une femme de Chambre, written by André de Lorde, with André Heuse and Thielly Nores. The film was directed by Jean Renoir, and starred Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield, and Francis Lederer.[1] It was named the eighth best English-language film of 1946 by the National Board of Review.[2]