La Sorcière | |
Director: | André Michel |
Producer: | Robert Woog |
Starring: | Marina Vlady |
Music: | Norbert Glanzberg André Lafosse |
Cinematography: | Marcel Grignon |
Editing: | Victoria Mercanton |
Studio: | Films Metzger et Woog Iéna Productions Nordisk Tonefilm |
Runtime: | 97 minutes |
Country: | France, Sweden |
Language: | French, Swedish |
La Sorcière (fr|The Sorceress, Swedish title: sv|Häxan|label=none) is a 1956 fantasy romance drama film directed by André Michel based on a screenplay by Paul Andréota and Jacques Companéez. Adapted from the 1898 Alexander Kuprin novel Olesya.
A French civil engineer Laurent Brulard is involved in road construction in a remote corner of Sweden There he meets a local girl named Ina whom locals consider to be a witch. A considerable element of the drama is the love triangle that involves Laurent's landlady Kristina.
At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.[1]